| Regime type | Liberal democracies | Electoral democracies | Electoral autocracies | Closed autocracies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.2% | 32.96% | 33.52% | 17.32% |
| 2023 | 17.88% | 32.96% | 30.17% | 18.99% |
| 2022 | 18.99% | 32.4% | 30.17% | 18.44% |
| 2021 | 18.99% | 32.96% | 31.84% | 16.2% |
| 2020 | 19.55% | 32.4% | 34.64% | 13.41% |
| 2019 | 21.23% | 30.73% | 35.2% | 12.85% |
| 2018 | 21.79% | 30.73% | 35.2% | 12.29% |
| 2017 | 21.79% | 31.28% | 34.08% | 12.85% |
| 2016 | 21.23% | 31.84% | 33.52% | 13.41% |
| 2015 | 22.91% | 29.05% | 35.75% | 12.29% |
| 2014 | 22.6% | 29.94% | 35.03% | 12.43% |
| 2013 | 22.35% | 29.61% | 35.2% | 12.85% |
| 2012 | 24.02% | 27.37% | 37.43% | 11.17% |
| 2011 | 24.02% | 27.37% | 36.31% | 12.29% |
| 2010 | 24.29% | 28.25% | 35.03% | 12.43% |
| 2009 | 24.16% | 26.4% | 36.52% | 12.92% |
| 2008 | 24.16% | 26.97% | 35.96% | 12.92% |
| 2007 | 24.16% | 26.4% | 35.39% | 14.04% |
| 2006 | 23.73% | 29.38% | 34.46% | 12.43% |
| 2005 | 23.73% | 29.38% | 32.77% | 14.12% |
| 2004 | 23.3% | 30.68% | 30.68% | 15.34% |
| 2003 | 22.73% | 30.11% | 31.25% | 15.91% |
| 2002 | 22.16% | 27.27% | 35.23% | 15.34% |
| 2001 | 22.03% | 27.12% | 31.07% | 19.77% |
| 2000 | 22.03% | 25.99% | 32.2% | 19.77% |
| 1999 | 21.5% | 27.7% | 31.6% | 19.2% |
| 1998 | 20.5% | 28.4% | 33.5% | 17.6% |
| 1997 | 20.6% | 27.4% | 33.7% | 18.3% |
| 1996 | 20.8% | 26% | 33.5% | 19.7% |
| 1995 | 19% | 26.4% | 31.6% | 23% |
| 1994 | 19% | 25.3% | 30.5% | 25.3% |
| 1993 | 19% | 24.1% | 28.2% | 28.7% |
| 1992 | 17.8% | 22.4% | 28.7% | 31% |
| 1991 | 18% | 20.3% | 27.9% | 33.7% |
| 1990 | 17% | 19.3% | 26.9% | 36.8% |
| 1989 | 17.1% | 13.3% | 27.8% | 41.8% |
| 1988 | 16.6% | 14% | 25.5% | 43.9% |
| 1987 | 16.6% | 11.5% | 26.1% | 45.9% |
| 1986 | 16.6% | 11.5% | 27.4% | 44.6% |
| 1985 | 16.6% | 10.8% | 25.5% | 47.1% |
| 1984 | 15.5% | 11.6% | 23.2% | 49.7% |
| 1983 | 15.5% | 10.3% | 23.9% | 50.3% |
| 1982 | 14.7% | 11.5% | 22.4% | 51.3% |
| 1981 | 14.7% | 10.9% | 24.4% | 50% |
| 1980 | 14.7% | 11.5% | 24.4% | 49.4% |
| 1979 | 14.6% | 10.2% | 24.2% | 51% |
| 1978 | 14.8% | 9.7% | 20.6% | 54.8% |
| 1977 | 14.8% | 9% | 22.6% | 53.5% |
| 1976 | 14.2% | 9.7% | 22.6% | 53.5% |
| 1975 | 12.8% | 10.3% | 25% | 51.9% |
| 1974 | 12.7% | 10.2% | 24.2% | 52.9% |
| 1973 | 12.9% | 9.7% | 23.2% | 54.2% |
| 1972 | 12.9% | 9.7% | 23.2% | 54.2% |
| 1971 | 12.7% | 9.6% | 24.2% | 53.5% |
| 1970 | 12.8% | 10.3% | 24.4% | 52.6% |
| 1969 | 12.2% | 10.3% | 25.6% | 51.9% |
| 1968 | 11.6% | 11% | 27.1% | 50.3% |
| 1967 | 11.5% | 10.3% | 26.9% | 51.3% |
| 1966 | 11.5% | 9.6% | 27.6% | 51.3% |
| 1965 | 10.9% | 10.3% | 28.8% | 50% |
| 1964 | 10.9% | 10.3% | 29.5% | 49.4% |
| 1963 | 10.9% | 9.6% | 32.1% | 47.4% |
| 1962 | 10.9% | 9% | 29.5% | 50.6% |
| 1961 | 10.9% | 8.3% | 30.1% | 50.6% |
| 1960 | 11% | 8.4% | 29% | 51.6% |
| 1959 | 10.9% | 7.7% | 24.4% | 57.1% |
| 1958 | 10.9% | 7.1% | 25.6% | 56.4% |
| 1957 | 10.9% | 7.7% | 23.7% | 57.7% |
| 1956 | 10.9% | 7.7% | 19.9% | 61.5% |
| 1955 | 10.3% | 7.7% | 17.4% | 64.5% |
| 1954 | 10.3% | 7.1% | 15.4% | 67.3% |
| 1953 | 10.3% | 7.1% | 15.4% | 67.3% |
| 1952 | 10.3% | 7.1% | 15.4% | 67.3% |
| 1951 | 9.6% | 6.4% | 15.4% | 68.6% |
| 1950 | 9.7% | 6.5% | 15.6% | 68.2% |
| 1949 | 9.6% | 5.1% | 15.4% | 69.9% |
| 1948 | 8.4% | 5.2% | 16.9% | 69.5% |
| 1947 | 8.7% | 4% | 19.3% | 68% |
| 1946 | 8.1% | 3.4% | 14.1% | 74.5% |
| 1945 | 4.7% | 3.4% | 13.5% | 78.4% |
| 1944 | 4.8% | 2.7% | 10.9% | 81.6% |
| 1943 | 4.1% | 3.4% | 11.6% | 81% |
| 1942 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 11.6% | 80.3% |
| 1941 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 12.2% | 79.7% |
| 1940 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 12.2% | 79.6% |
| 1939 | 6% | 5.3% | 11.3% | 77.3% |
| 1938 | 5.9% | 5.3% | 12.5% | 76.3% |
| 1937 | 5.9% | 5.3% | 11.2% | 77.6% |
| 1936 | 5.9% | 5.9% | 10.5% | 77.6% |
| 1935 | 5.9% | 5.9% | 9.9% | 78.3% |
| 1934 | 6% | 6% | 12.6% | 75.5% |
| 1933 | 6% | 7.3% | 14% | 72.7% |
| 1932 | 6% | 9.4% | 12.8% | 71.8% |
| 1931 | 6% | 8.6% | 11.3% | 74.2% |
| 1930 | 5.9% | 8.6% | 9.9% | 75.7% |
| 1929 | 6.6% | 8.6% | 10.5% | 74.3% |
| 1928 | 6.6% | 8.6% | 11.8% | 73% |
| 1927 | 6.6% | 8.6% | 11.3% | 73.5% |
| 1926 | 6.7% | 9.3% | 13.3% | 70.7% |
| 1925 | 6.6% | 9.9% | 12.6% | 70.9% |
| 1924 | 6% | 10.6% | 12.6% | 70.9% |
| 1923 | 6% | 10.6% | 13.2% | 70.2% |
| 1922 | 6% | 9.3% | 14.6% | 70.2% |
| 1921 | 5.4% | 8.8% | 16.2% | 69.6% |
| 1920 | 4.7% | 6.7% | 16.1% | 72.5% |
| 1919 | 4.1% | 4.8% | 14.5% | 76.6% |
| 1918 | 3.5% | 2.8% | 15.6% | 78% |
| 1917 | 2.2% | 2.9% | 18.1% | 76.8% |
| 1916 | 2.2% | 2.9% | 17.4% | 77.5% |
| 1915 | 3% | 2.2% | 18.7% | 76.1% |
| 1914 | 3% | 2.3% | 18% | 76.7% |
| 1913 | 3.8% | 2.3% | 18.3% | 75.6% |
| 1912 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 16.8% | 77.1% |
| 1911 | 3% | 3% | 15.9% | 78% |
| 1910 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 14.7% | 79.1% |
| 1909 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 14.1% | 79.7% |
| 1908 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 14.1% | 79.7% |
| 1907 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 14.8% | 78.9% |
| 1906 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 14.8% | 78.9% |
| 1905 | 3.1% | 2.4% | 17.3% | 77.2% |
| 1904 | 3.1% | 2.3% | 17.2% | 77.3% |
| 1903 | 3.2% | 1.6% | 16.7% | 78.6% |
| 1902 | 3.3% | 1.6% | 17.1% | 78% |
| 1901 | 2.5% | 1.7% | 18.2% | 77.7% |
| 1900 | 2.5% | 1.7% | 17.4% | 78.5% |
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April 2025
Worldwide
1900 to 2024
The V-Dem Institute defines the different regimes as follows:
Closed autocracy: citizens do not have the right to choose either the chief executive of the government or the legislature through multi-party elections.
Electoral autocracy: citizens have the right to choose the chief executive and the legislature through multi-party elections; but they lack some freedoms, such as the freedoms of association or expression that make the elections meaningful, free, and fair.
Electoral democracy: citizens have the right to choose the chief executive and the legislature in meaningful, free and fair, and multi-party elections.
Liberal democracy: electoral democracy and citizens enjoy individual and minority rights, are equal before the law, and the actions of the executive are constrained by the legislative and the courts.
