Canada vs Spain: Liberal Democracy Index

Canada
0.736
in 2025
Spain
0.741
in 2025
Canada rank
23rd
Spain rank
21st

Liberal Democracy Index over time

  • Canada
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.741 against 0.736 in Canada, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 23rd and Spain ranks 21st of 176 countries.

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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

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.