Netherlands vs Spain: Liberal Democracy Index

Netherlands

0.774

in 2025

Spain

0.741

in 2025

Netherlands rank

18th

Spain rank

21st

Liberal Democracy Index over time

Netherlands
Spain

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.774 against 0.741 in Spain, a difference of 0.033.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 235 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Netherlands ahead.

Netherlands ranks 18th and Spain ranks 21st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Liberal Democracy Index in Netherlands
Liberal Democracy Index in Spain
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.