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Diagonal accountability index
V-Dem
0-1 index
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176 countries · 1900–2025
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2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Denmark
1.9
2
Switzerland
1.9
3
Ireland
1.8
4
Estonia
1.8
5
Norway
1.8
6
Luxembourg
1.7
7
Sweden
1.7
8
Belgium
1.6
9
Costa Rica
1.6
10
Jamaica
1.6
11
France
1.6
12
Latvia
1.5
13
Mauritius
1.5
14
Finland
1.5
15
New Zealand
1.4
16
Dominican Republic
1.4
17
Iceland
1.4
18
Barbados
1.4
19
Austria
1.4
20
Czechia
1.4
21
Uruguay
1.4
22
Korea, Rep.
1.4
23
Spain
1.4
24
Brazil
1.4
25
Poland
1.4
26
Suriname
1.4
27
Vanuatu
1.4
28
Germany
1.4
29
Canada
1.4
30
Australia
1.4
31
Japan
1.4
32
Chile
1.4
33
Portugal
1.3
34
Taiwan
1.3
35
Trinidad and Tobago
1.3
36
Lithuania
1.3
37
Namibia
1.3
38
Netherlands
1.2
39
Seychelles
1.2
40
Malta
1.2
41
Ghana
1.2
42
Montenegro
1.2
43
Honduras
1.2
44
Timor-Leste
1.2
45
Sierra Leone
1.2
46
South Africa
1.2
47
Italy
1.2
48
Cabo Verde
1.1
49
Panama
1.1
50
Kenya
1.1
51
Cyprus
1.1
52
Greece
1.1
53
Gambia, The
1.1
54
Liberia
1.1
55
Sri Lanka
1.1
56
Papua New Guinea
1.1
57
United Kingdom
1.1
58
Senegal
1.1
59
Solomon Islands
1.1
60
Nigeria
1.1
61
Bulgaria
1
62
Lesotho
1
63
United States
1
64
Zambia
1
65
Guatemala
0.99
66
Armenia
0.97
67
Colombia
0.96
68
Nepal
0.94
69
Guyana
0.9
70
Israel
0.89
71
Slovenia
0.88
72
Mongolia
0.87
73
Botswana
0.87
74
Sao Tome and Principe
0.87
75
Fiji
0.86
76
Haiti
0.85
77
Romania
0.85
78
Gabon
0.84
79
Lebanon
0.81
80
Niger
0.8
81
Kosovo
0.8
82
Malawi
0.79
83
Croatia
0.79
84
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.76
85
Albania
0.73
86
Paraguay
0.71
87
Benin
0.7
88
Peru
0.69
89
Slovak Republic
0.68
90
Argentina
0.68
91
North Macedonia
0.66
92
Philippines
0.63
93
Maldives
0.63
94
Cote d'Ivoire
0.62
95
Bhutan
0.61
96
Madagascar
0.6
97
Moldova
0.59
98
Indonesia
0.58
99
Mexico
0.53
100
Bolivia
0.52
101
Ecuador
0.51
102
Mauritania
0.47
103
Malaysia
0.47
104
Iraq
0.46
105
Tanzania
0.43
106
Georgia
0.42
107
Pakistan
0.4
108
Bangladesh
0.38
109
Libya
0.37
110
Jordan
0.32
111
Guinea-Bissau
0.32
112
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.31
113
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.31
114
Ukraine
0.31
115
Morocco
0.31
116
Thailand
0.27
117
Tunisia
0.27
118
Angola
0.21
119
Hungary
0.17
120
Mali
0.16
121
Togo
0.14
122
Serbia
0.13
123
Kuwait
0.11
124
Mozambique
0.1
125
Singapore
0.05
126
India
0.02
127
Cameroon
0.01
128
Central African Republic
-0
129
Djibouti
-0.02
130
Comoros
-0.03
131
Guinea
-0.04
132
Kyrgyz Republic
-0.1
133
Uganda
-0.17
134
El Salvador
-0.18
135
Chad
-0.2
136
Zimbabwe
-0.24
137
Ethiopia
-0.24
138
Kazakhstan
-0.26
139
West Bank and Gaza
-0.32
140
Algeria
-0.32
141
Syrian Arab Republic
-0.39
142
Uzbekistan
-0.42
143
Congo, Rep.
-0.47
144
Yemen, Rep.
-0.48
145
Hong Kong SAR, China
-0.58
146
Burkina Faso
-0.61
147
Cambodia
-0.65
148
Oman
-0.66
149
Viet Nam
-0.67
150
Rwanda
-0.67
151
Turkiye
-0.68
152
Sudan
-0.73
153
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-0.74
154
Bahrain
-0.76
155
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-0.8
156
Burundi
-0.83
157
United Arab Emirates
-0.86
158
Venezuela, RB
-0.87
159
South Sudan
-0.88
160
Equatorial Guinea
-0.91
161
Saudi Arabia
-0.94
162
Qatar
-1
163
Eswatini
-1.1
164
Russian Federation
-1.2
165
Azerbaijan
-1.3
166
Myanmar
-1.3
167
Cuba
-1.3
168
Lao PDR
-1.3
169
Tajikistan
-1.4
170
China
-1.5
171
Turkmenistan
-1.5
172
Eritrea
-1.6
173
Belarus
-1.7
174
Afghanistan
-1.7
175
Nicaragua
-1.8
176
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
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