Chile vs Uruguay: Liberal Democracy Index

Chile

0.781

in 2025

Uruguay

0.79

in 2025

Chile rank

16th

Uruguay rank

13th

Liberal Democracy Index over time

Chile
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.79 against 0.781 in Chile, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 21 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 16th and Uruguay ranks 13th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Liberal Democracy Index in Chile
Liberal Democracy Index in Uruguay
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.