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Electoral democracy

54 of 54 countries reporting · annual · V-Dem

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Rank Country Value descending As of vs previous
1 🇪🇷 Eritrea 0.07 2025 → 0 + compare
2 🇸🇿 Eswatini 0.13 2025 ↓ 0.00 + compare
3 🇸🇩 Sudan 0.13 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
4 🇸🇸 South Sudan 0.13 2025 ↓ 0.02 + compare
5 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 0.13 2025 ↓ 0.02 + compare
6 🇲🇱 Mali 0.16 2025 ↓ 0.03 + compare
7 🇸🇴 Somalia 0.17 2025 → 0 + compare
8 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 0.17 2025 ↓ 0.00 + compare
9 🇧🇮 Burundi 0.18 2025 ↑ 0.01 + compare
10 🇪🇬 Egypt 0.19 2025 ↑ 0.00 + compare
11 🇬🇳 Guinea 0.19 2025 ↑ 0.03 + compare
12 🇱🇾 Libya 0.19 2025 ↓ 0.00 + compare
13 🇷🇼 Rwanda 0.19 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
14 🇳🇪 Niger 0.23 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
15 🇹🇩 Chad 0.24 2025 ↑ 0.04 + compare
16 🇨🇬 Congo 0.24 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
17 🇩🇯 Djibouti 0.25 2025 → 0 + compare
18 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 0.25 2025 ↓ 0.03 + compare
19 🇺🇬 Uganda 0.25 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
20 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 0.26 2025 ↓ 0.00 + compare
21 🇲🇦 Morocco 0.26 2025 ↓ 0.00 + compare
22 🇨🇲 Cameroon 0.26 2025 ↓ 0.02 + compare
23 🇩🇿 Algeria 0.27 2025 ↑ 0.01 + compare
24 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 0.27 2025 ↓ 0.00 + compare
25 🇲🇿 Mozambique 0.28 2025 ↓ 0.03 + compare
26 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 0.29 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
27 🇰🇲 Comoros 0.29 2025 ↑ 0.02 + compare
28 🇬🇦 Gabon 0.30 2025 ↑ 0.07 + compare
29 🇨🇩 DR Congo 0.31 2025 ↓ 0.00 + compare
30 🇲🇷 Mauritania 0.33 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
31 🇦🇴 Angola 0.34 2025 ↑ 0.00 + compare
32 🇹🇬 Togo 0.35 2025 ↑ 0.00 + compare
33 🇲🇬 Madagascar 0.36 2025 ↓ 0.04 + compare
34 🇹🇿 Tanzania 0.36 2025 ↓ 0.05 + compare
35 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 0.39 2025 ↓ 0.03 + compare
36 🇹🇳 Tunisia 0.40 2025 ↓ 0.03 + compare
37 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 0.47 2025 → 0 + compare
38 🇧🇯 Benin 0.49 2025 ↑ 0.00 + compare
39 🇿🇲 Zambia 0.50 2025 ↓ 0.02 + compare
40 🇳🇬 Nigeria 0.51 2025 ↑ 0.01 + compare
41 🇲🇼 Malawi 0.56 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
42 🇰🇪 Kenya 0.56 2025 ↑ 0.01 + compare
43 🇱🇷 Liberia 0.60 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
44 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.63 2025 → 0 + compare
45 🇳🇦 Namibia 0.63 2025 ↑ 0.01 + compare
46 🇸🇳 Senegal 0.63 2025 ↑ 0.03 + compare
47 🇬🇲 Gambia 0.64 2025 ↑ 0.01 + compare
48 🇱🇸 Lesotho 0.66 2025 ↑ 0.01 + compare
49 🇧🇼 Botswana 0.67 2025 ↑ 0.07 + compare
50 🇬🇭 Ghana 0.71 2025 ↑ 0.05 + compare
51 🇲🇺 Mauritius 0.74 2025 ↑ 0.24 + compare
52 🇿🇦 South Africa 0.74 2025 ↑ 0.01 + compare
53 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 0.74 2025 ↓ 0.01 + compare
54 🇸🇨 Seychelles 0.76 2025 ↑ 0.02 + compare
Median 0.30 median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.