Key features of democracy, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Key features of democracy. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
176
Highest
49.09 % change on previous year
Mauritius
Lowest
-60.92 % change on previous year
Qatar
Median
-0.5641 % change on previous year
Years covered
236
1790β2025
Data points
29,421
What the numbers show
Key features of democracy, annual growth rate is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 49.09 % change on previous year in Mauritius; the lowest is -60.92 % change on previous year in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.5641 % change on previous year, and the mean is -1.12 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 2,435.2%), and the largest decrease in United States (down 11,443.1%).
Key features of democracy, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 49.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2,435.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Gabon | 33.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 3 | Lebanon | 20.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,780.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Chad | 19.8 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 985.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Guinea | 17.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 15.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | 13.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 8 | Botswana | 11.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 498.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Mongolia | 7.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,119.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Ghana | 6.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 837.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 6.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 213.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Comoros | 6.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Poland | 5.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 865.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Guyana | 4.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 182.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Senegal | 4.63 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 17 | Guatemala | 4.6 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Burundi | 3.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Peru | 3.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 740.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Singapore | 3.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 692.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 3.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 311.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Thailand | 3.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 376.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Seychelles | 3.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Finland | 3.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 222.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Jordan | 2.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 26 | Iraq | 2.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 227.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Algeria | 1.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Uruguay | 1.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 243.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Belarus | 1.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 1.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 412.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Suriname | 1.83 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Gambia | 1.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Namibia | 1.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 35 | TΓΌrkiye | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Lesotho | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 37 | South Africa | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 409.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Nigeria | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Solomon Islands | 1.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Netherlands | 1.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 261.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 43 | Sweden | 0.9081 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 0.8977 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 157.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Jamaica | 0.8772 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 46 | Yemen | 0.7937 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Bahrain | 0.7246 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 107.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Angola | 0.5848 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 49 | Egypt | 0.5376 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Haiti | 0.4219 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Benin | 0.4073 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Germany | 0.3636 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 260.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Togo | 0.2857 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Timor-Leste | 0.2725 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Bhutan | 0.177 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 56 | France | 0.1157 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Norway | 0.1125 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Switzerland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 58 | Djibouti | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 58 | Eritrea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 58 | Latvia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Malta | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 58 | Myanmar | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Oman | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | State of Palestine | 0 % change on previous year | 1948 | β | volatile |
| 58 | Sierra Leone | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 58 | Somalia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 58 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Holy See | 0 % change on previous year | 1870 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Canada | -0.1189 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Austria | -0.119 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 79 | Belgium | -0.2245 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 102.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | -0.2584 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 135.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Japan | -0.365 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 248.7% | volatile |
| 82 | TaΓ―wan | -0.3731 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 83 | Greece | -0.4032 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Denmark | -0.4362 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 85 | Australia | -0.4717 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 140.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Spain | -0.4843 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Cyprus | -0.5148 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 187.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Cambodia | -0.5435 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Russia | -0.5848 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 254.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Barbados | -0.6234 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Montenegro | -0.625 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 92 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -0.6494 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | -0.6711 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 94 | Estonia | -0.6719 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 199.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Chile | -0.7101 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Morocco | -0.7663 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Eswatini | -0.7752 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 98 | Ireland | -0.8939 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 99 | Cabo Verde | -0.9309 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 839.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Libya | -1.03 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 157.4% | volatile |
| 101 | India | -1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Malawi | -1.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Cuba | -1.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 104 | Israel | -1.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 105 | Ethiopia | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 361.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | -1.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 107 | Fiji | -1.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 101.4% | volatile |
| 108 | China | -1.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | -1.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 345.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Lithuania | -1.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 278.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Portugal | -1.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,583.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | -1.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Slovak Republic | -1.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 463.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Malaysia | -1.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 383.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Armenia | -1.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 250.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.78 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Czechia | -1.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 118 | Brazil | -1.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Nepal | -1.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 167.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Central African Republic | -2.01 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 382.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Liberia | -2.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 122 | New Zealand | -2.19 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 546.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Equatorial Guinea | -2.27 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 306.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | -2.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 223.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritania | -2.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 225.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | -2.72 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 560.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Zambia | -2.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | -3 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 272.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Uganda | -3.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Croatia | -3.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 297.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Pakistan | -3.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Maldives | -3.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | -3.66 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 161.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Rwanda | -3.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 135 | Iceland | -4.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 811.6% | volatile |
| 136 | El Salvador | -4.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 297.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | -4.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 357.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Niger | -4.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 142.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Argentina | -4.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 178.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Hong Kong (China) | -4.43 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Slovenia | -4.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 592.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Philippines | -4.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,508.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Congo | -4.71 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 144 | Serbia | -4.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Italy | -4.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | β | volatile |
| 146 | Honduras | -5.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 210.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Albania | -5.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 565.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Sudan | -5.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 235.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Hungary | -5.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Ecuador | -5.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,732.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Mexico | -5.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 253.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Tajikistan | -5.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Cameroon | -6.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 900.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Tunisia | -6.4 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 164.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Indonesia | -6.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,027.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Bulgaria | -7.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,299.8% | volatile |
| 157 | United Kingdom | -7.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 934.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -7.65 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 159 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire | -8.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 477.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Viet Nam | -8.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,301.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Vanuatu | -8.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3,405.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | -9.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 168.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Mozambique | -10 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 714.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Madagascar | -10.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 471.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Syrian Arab Republic | -10.49 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,337.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Republic of Moldova | -11.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 167 | United Republic of Tanzania | -11.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 287.7% | volatile |
| 168 | United States | -12.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11,443.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Burkina Faso | -12.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Bangladesh | -13.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,135.6% | volatile |
| 171 | South Sudan | -13.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,218.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Afghanistan | -13.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,306.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Mali | -14.58 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,725.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Georgia | -16.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,487.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Kuwait | -30.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,286.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Qatar | -60.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,458.6% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Key features of democracy. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Key features of democracy Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Key features of democracy. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.