Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Key features of liberal democracy. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
176
Highest
72.24 % change on previous year
Mauritius
Lowest
-32.14 % change on previous year
Guinea-Bissau
Median
-0.323 % change on previous year
Years covered
236
1790–2025
Data points
28,416
What the numbers show
Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 72.24 % change on previous year in Mauritius; the lowest is -32.14 % change on previous year in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.323 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.2175 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Korea (up 10,817.7%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 8,005.0%).
Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 72.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 4,357.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 28.57 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2,742.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Guinea | 26.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 23.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 19.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,995.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Lebanon | 18.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 882.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Gabon | 17.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 17.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 10,817.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 17.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 346.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Chad | 14.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 13.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 330.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Sudan | 13.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 313.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Botswana | 10.64 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 382.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Mongolia | 10.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Ghana | 8.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 5,075.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Comoros | 8.2 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 161.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 7.53 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 491.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 6.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Mali | 6.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Guatemala | 6.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Cambodia | 6.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 612.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Belarus | 5.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 23 | China | 5.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Poland | 5.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 214.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Central African Republic | 5.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Senegal | 4.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,356.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Tajikistan | 4.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Liberia | 4.77 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2,048.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Iraq | 4.76 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,228.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Guyana | 4.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Ukraine | 4.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Seychelles | 4.29 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Singapore | 3.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,037.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Romania | 3.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Finland | 3.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 192.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Uruguay | 2.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 319.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Thailand | 2.61 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Algeria | 2.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Gambia | 2.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Kenya | 2.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 2.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 188.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Cuba | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Cyprus | 1.68 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 208.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Jordan | 1.48 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Angola | 1.24 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 1.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 149.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 464.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Netherlands | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 0.998 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 329.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Lesotho | 0.9862 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 113.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Türkiye | 0.9174 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8929 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 147.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Sweden | 0.8274 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 283.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Somalia | 0.7874 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Timor-Leste | 0.7339 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 169.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Oman | 0.7194 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Namibia | 0.5814 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 0.5597 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Greece | 0.531 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Germany | 0.5141 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Jamaica | 0.4438 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Colombia | 0.1805 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Benin | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahrain | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bhutan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Switzerland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Djibouti | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Eritrea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | France | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Hong Kong, China | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Malta | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Myanmar | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Montenegro | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Norway | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Palestine, State of | 0 % change on previous year | 1948 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 64 | El Salvador | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Holy See | 0 % change on previous year | 1870 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Denmark | -0.113 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Spain | -0.2692 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Australia | -0.3769 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 130.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Morocco | -0.3968 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Japan | -0.4071 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 400.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Taiwan, China | -0.4243 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 390.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Luxembourg | -0.5122 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Panama | -0.519 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 131.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Chile | -0.6361 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Austria | -0.6562 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Honduras | -0.7833 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 91.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Barbados | -0.8759 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Nigeria | -0.9554 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 131.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Ireland | -0.9639 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 894.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Latvia | -1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 231.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Canada | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Rwanda | -1.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Malaysia | -1.11 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Brazil | -1.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Suriname | -1.26 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 231.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Estonia | -1.3 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 255.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | -1.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Israel | -1.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Cape Verde | -1.71 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Russian Federation | -1.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Uganda | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Belgium | -1.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,555.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Czechia | -2.1 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Malawi | -2.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 232.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Tunisia | -2.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 366.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Croatia | -2.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,523.7% | volatile |
| 118 | South Africa | -2.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 285.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Lithuania | -2.73 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 401.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Niger | -2.75 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Slovakia | -2.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,991.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Nepal | -2.88 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 143.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Fiji | -2.93 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 103.4% | volatile |
| 124 | New Zealand | -2.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 719.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Haiti | -2.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Hungary | -3.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Burundi | -3.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Philippines | -3.32 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,455.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Congo | -3.36 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 439.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Paraguay | -3.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 843.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | -3.78 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 496.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Zambia | -3.85 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Eswatini | -3.96 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Albania | -4.02 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,652.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | -4.08 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Sierra Leone | -4.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Qatar | -4.21 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 470.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Maldives | -4.37 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Iceland | -4.89 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,044.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Portugal | -4.91 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Nicaragua | -5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 215.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | -5.77 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,128.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -5.98 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 438.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Togo | -5.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 314.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Argentina | -6.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 625.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Bulgaria | -6.38 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 815.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Viet Nam | -6.42 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | -6.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 104.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Egypt | -6.5 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 169.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Slovenia | -6.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 616.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Italy | -6.55 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritania | -6.62 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 486.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Madagascar | -6.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 162.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Mozambique | -7.41 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 155 | India | -7.47 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Serbia | -7.56 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 193.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Côte d'Ivoire | -8.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 582.3% | volatile |
| 158 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -8.13 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 976.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Yemen | -8.51 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | -8.7 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 987.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Pakistan | -8.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Vanuatu | -9.18 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 542.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Cameroon | -9.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 164 | South Sudan | -9.86 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 235.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Armenia | -9.95 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,100.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Libya | -10.09 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 488.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Mexico | -10.16 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 456.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Republic of Moldova | -10.74 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Indonesia | -10.84 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5,451.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Ecuador | -12.87 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3,471.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Georgia | -15.9 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,087.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Tanzania, United Republic of | -16.81 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2,107.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | -18.25 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 174 | United States of America | -23.97 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Kuwait | -29.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8,005.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Guinea-Bissau | -32.14 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 533.9% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Key features of liberal democracy. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Key features of liberal democracy Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Key features of liberal democracy. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.