Cape Verde vs Vanuatu: Liberal Democracy Index

Cape Verde

0.631

in 2025

Vanuatu

0.623

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

40th

Vanuatu rank

42nd

Liberal Democracy Index over time

Cape Verde
Vanuatu

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 0.631 against 0.623 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 120 shared years of data; in 1906 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 40th and Vanuatu ranks 42nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Liberal Democracy Index in Cape Verde
Liberal Democracy Index in Vanuatu
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Liberal Democracy Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 28,671 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.