Which has higher liberal democracy index, Lithuania or Taiwan?

Lithuania, at 0.712 against 0.704 in Taiwan as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Taiwan?

226 years are reported by both, from 1795 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Liberal Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lithuania vs Taiwan: Liberal Democracy Index

Lithuania

0.712

in 2025

Taiwan

0.704

in 2025

Lithuania rank

27th

Taiwan rank

28th

Liberal Democracy Index over time

Lithuania
Taiwan

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 0.712 against 0.704 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.008.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 226 shared years of data; in 1795 it was Lithuania ahead.

Lithuania ranks 27th and Taiwan ranks 28th of 176 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Lithuania averaged higher in 19 and Taiwan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lithuania	Taiwan	Difference	Ahead
1790s	0.014	0.013	0.001	Lithuania
1800s	0.0149	0.013	0.0019	Lithuania
1810s	0.015	0.013	0.002	Lithuania
1820s	0.0142	0.013	0.0012	Lithuania
1830s	0.0147	0.013	0.0017	Lithuania
1840s	0.0152	0.013	0.0022	Lithuania
1850s	0.0215	0.0121	0.0094	Lithuania
1860s	0.0637	0.0132	0.0505	Lithuania
1870s	0.0866	0.014	0.0726	Lithuania
1880s	0.0411	0.014	0.0271	Lithuania
1890s	0.0412	0.013	0.0282	Lithuania
1900s	0.0499	0.038	0.0119	Lithuania
1910s	0.0839	0.04	0.0439	Lithuania
1920s	0.3375	0.0461	0.2914	Lithuania
1930s	0.1374	0.0421	0.0953	Lithuania
1940s	0.0144	0.0355	0.0211	Taiwan
1950s	0.0196	0.0542	0.0346	Taiwan
1960s	0.0232	0.0611	0.0379	Taiwan
1970s	0.0247	0.0732	0.0485	Taiwan
1980s	0.0352	0.1192	0.084	Taiwan
1990s	0.745	0.3408	0.4042	Lithuania
2000s	0.7622	0.6789	0.0833	Lithuania
2010s	0.7727	0.6995	0.0732	Lithuania
2020s	0.7298	0.7158	0.014	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher liberal democracy index, Lithuania or Taiwan?: Lithuania, at 0.712 against 0.704 in Taiwan as of 2025.
What is the difference in liberal democracy index between Lithuania and Taiwan?: 0.008, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Taiwan?: 226 years are reported by both, from 1795 to 2025.
How do Lithuania and Taiwan rank globally for liberal democracy index?: Lithuania ranks 27th and Taiwan ranks 28th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Liberal Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lithuania vs Taiwan: Liberal Democracy Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/liberal-democracy-index/lithuania/taiwan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/liberal-democracy-index/lithuania/taiwan/">Lithuania vs Taiwan: Liberal Democracy Index</a> — Statizoid

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: 18 September 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.