Germany vs Uruguay: Liberal Democracy Index

Germany

0.782

in 2025

Uruguay

0.79

in 2025

Germany rank

15th

Uruguay rank

13th

Liberal Democracy Index over time

Germany
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.79 against 0.782 in Germany, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 155 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 15th and Uruguay ranks 13th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Liberal Democracy Index in Germany
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.