Chile vs Germany: Liberal Democracy Index

Chile

0.781

in 2025

Germany

0.782

in 2025

Chile rank

16th

Germany rank

15th

Liberal Democracy Index over time

Chile
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.782 against 0.781 in Chile, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Germany ahead.

Chile ranks 16th and Germany ranks 15th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Liberal Democracy Index in Chile
Liberal Democracy Index in Germany
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.