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Liberal Democracy Index, 2006

2006, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2006 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.896; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.364. Against 2005, 141 values changed (86 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2006

HighestDenmark

0.896

LowestEritrea

0.006

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Liberal Democracy Index, 2006, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Liberal Democracy Index, 2006: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.896
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.879
=3GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.864
=3NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.864
5Costa RicaCRICentral America0.851
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.842
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.841
=8ChileCHLSouth America0.839
=8PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.839
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.838
11UruguayURYSouth America0.823
12New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.822
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.821
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.818
15NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.817
16SpainESPSouthern Europe0.812
17EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.811
=18PolandPOLEastern Europe0.807
=18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.807
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.806
21GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.803
22FranceFRAWestern Europe0.802
23United StatesUSANorthern America0.801
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.788
25LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.787

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Denmark0.896
  2. 2Sweden0.879
  3. 3Germanyshared0.864
  4. 3Norwayshared0.864
  5. 5Costa Rica0.851

Lowest

  1. 175Eritrea0.006
  2. 174North Korea0.014
  3. 173Turkmenistan0.015
  4. 172Myanmar0.018
  5. 171Uzbekistan0.032

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.364. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 141values changed, of 175 in both
  • 86 · 55rose · fell
  • 34unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2006.

  • 157 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.451. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2006). Liberal Democracy Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2006

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07Questions

Liberal Democracy Index, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest liberal democracy in Liberal Democracy Index, 2006?

Denmark, at 0.896, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Liberal Democracy Index, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Liberal Democracy Index, 2006 cover?

175.

Where can I download Liberal Democracy Index, 2006?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Liberal Democracy Index, 2006 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Liberal Democracy Index, 2025.

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