Liberal democracy row, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Liberal democracy row. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
100 % change on previous year
Guyana
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Yemen
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
235
1791–2025
Data points
11,118
What the numbers show
Liberal democracy row, annual growth rate is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 100 % change on previous year in Guyana; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -11.81 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 4 fell. The largest increase was in Ghana (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 200.0%).
Liberal democracy row, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Mongolia | 100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Nigeria | 100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 50 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Lithuania | 50 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Argentina | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Armenia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Australia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Austria | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | flat |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Burundi | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Belgium | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Benin | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Barbados | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Bhutan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Botswana | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Canada | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Chile | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Congo | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Colombia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Comoros | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Cape Verde | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | flat |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Cyprus | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Czechia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Germany | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Djibouti | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Denmark | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Algeria | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Ecuador | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Egypt | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Spain | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Estonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Finland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Fiji | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | France | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Georgia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | flat |
| 7 | Ghana | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Gambia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Greece | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Guatemala | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Honduras | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Croatia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Hungary | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | flat |
| 7 | India | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | flat |
| 7 | Ireland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Iraq | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Iceland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Israel | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Italy | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Jamaica | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Japan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Kenya | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Cambodia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Liberia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Lesotho | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Latvia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Maldives | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Mexico | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | North Macedonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Malta | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Montenegro | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Mauritania | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Malawi | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Malaysia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | flat |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Netherlands | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | flat |
| 7 | Norway | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Nepal | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | New Zealand | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Panama | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Peru | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Philippines | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Poland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Portugal | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Paraguay | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Romania | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Rwanda | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Senegal | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | El Salvador | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Serbia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Suriname | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Slovakia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Slovenia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Sweden | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Seychelles | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Chad | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Togo | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Thailand | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Turkmenistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Timor-Leste | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Tunisia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Uganda | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Ukraine | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Uruguay | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Vanuatu | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | South Africa | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Taiwan, China | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 137 | United States of America | -33.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Albania | -50 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -50 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Zambia | -50 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Afghanistan | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Bangladesh | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Belarus | -100 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Cuba | -100 % change on previous year | 1959 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Gabon | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Guinea | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Haiti | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Kuwait | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -100 % change on previous year | 1991 | unchanged | volatile |
| 141 | Madagascar | -100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Mali | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Myanmar | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Niger | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Sudan | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Somalia | -100 % change on previous year | 1984 | unchanged | volatile |
| 141 | South Sudan | -100 % change on previous year | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Syrian Arab Republic | -100 % change on previous year | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Viet Nam | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Yemen | -100 % change on previous year | 2016 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Liberal democracy row. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Liberal democracy row Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Liberal democracy row. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.