Liberal Democracy Index in East Timor
East Timor: Liberal Democracy Index was 0.549 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Liberal Democracy Index in East Timor, 1999–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.549 for liberal democracy index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liberal democracy index in East Timor peaked at 0.549 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.089, in 1999.
East Timor ranks 54th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.089 | 0.089 | 0.089 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3841 | 0.183 | 0.462 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4857 | 0.46 | 0.517 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5215 | 0.492 | 0.549 | 6 |
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More social development data for East Timor
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 0 (2015)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 15 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.873 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.462 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.873 (2025)
- Key features of electoral democracy 0.736 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liberal democracy index in East Timor?
- Liberal democracy index in East Timor was 0.549 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest liberal democracy index recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.549 in 2025.
- What is the lowest liberal democracy index recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.089 in 1999.
- How does East Timor rank for liberal democracy index?
- East Timor ranks 54th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is liberal democracy index rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Liberal Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.