Nigeria vs Philippines: Liberal Democracy Index

Nigeria
0.311
in 2025
Philippines
0.291
in 2025
Nigeria rank
95th
Philippines rank
98th

Liberal Democracy Index over time

  • Nigeria
  • Philippines
00.10.20.30.4190019622025

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.311 against 0.291 in Philippines, a difference of 0.02.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 111 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Philippines ahead.

Nigeria ranks 95th and Philippines ranks 98th of 176 countries.

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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

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.