0.900–1.000 0.800–0.899 0.700–0.799 0.600–0.699 | 0.500–0.599 0.400–0.499 0.300–0.399 0.200–0.299 | 0.100–0.199 0.000–0.099 No data |
TheDemocracy in the Americas can becompared[1] according to the different definitions of democracy.[2] The V-Dem Democracy indices considers countries in theAmericas with the highestdemocracy scores in 2023 asArgentina,Canada,Chile,Costa Rica,Uruguay,USA andJamaica and countries with lowest democracy scores asNicaragua,Cuba andVenezuela.[3]Democratic backsliding can be observed in parts of the Americas.[4][5]Democratization is reported byV-Dem Democracy Report 2024 in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Bolivia.[3]
The table below shows countries in the Americas scored on 2 high-levelV-Dem Democracy indices and 4 mid-level Democracy Component indices published in 2025 evaluating the state of democracy in year 2024.[6][7]
| Country | Democracy Indices | Democracy Component Indices | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral | Liberal | Liberal | Egalitarian | Participatory | Deliberative | |
| 0.859 | 0.805 | 0.952 | 0.885 | 0.641 | 0.931 | |
| 0.848 | 0.769 | 0.912 | 0.777 | 0.815 | 0.842 | |
| 0.844 | 0.787 | 0.949 | 0.719 | 0.644 | 0.94 | |
| 0.842 | 0.744 | 0.887 | 0.699 | 0.632 | 0.753 | |
| 0.84 | 0.748 | 0.89 | 0.667 | 0.655 | 0.884 | |
| 0.803 | 0.684 | 0.848 | 0.787 | 0.604 | 0.731 | |
| 0.801 | 0.712 | 0.9 | 0.617 | 0.628 | 0.944 | |
| 0.786 | 0.67 | 0.848 | 0.842 | 0.298 | 0.926 | |
| 0.768 | 0.637 | 0.821 | 0.715 | 0.581 | 0.764 | |
| 0.755 | 0.627 | 0.826 | 0.786 | 0.582 | 0.925 | |
| 0.726 | 0.584 | 0.794 | 0.576 | 0.524 | 0.737 | |
| 0.712 | 0.553 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.591 | 0.535 | |
| 0.705 | 0.45 | 0.571 | 0.471 | 0.595 | 0.818 | |
| 0.701 | 0.557 | 0.779 | 0.528 | 0.634 | 0.645 | |
| 0.651 | 0.446 | 0.639 | 0.366 | 0.754 | 0.442 | |
| 0.634 | 0.493 | 0.761 | 0.509 | 0.604 | 0.405 | |
| 0.597 | 0.469 | 0.768 | 0.327 | 0.594 | 0.594 | |
| 0.579 | 0.388 | 0.618 | 0.312 | 0.516 | 0.458 | |
| 0.576 | 0.314 | 0.461 | 0.593 | 0.628 | 0.473 | |
| 0.541 | 0.382 | 0.658 | 0.408 | 0.537 | 0.687 | |
| 0.505 | 0.251 | 0.397 | 0.438 | 0.617 | 0.423 | |
| 0.491 | 0.315 | 0.568 | 0.675 | 0.516 | 0.378 | |
| 0.339 | 0.092 | 0.137 | 0.264 | 0.451 | 0.268 | |
| 0.218 | 0.079 | 0.192 | 0.128 | 0.259 | 0.592 | |
| 0.197 | 0.049 | 0.101 | 0.263 | 0.492 | 0.023 | |
| 0.178 | 0.055 | 0.138 | 0.753 | 0.17 | 0.286 | |
| 0.153 | 0.019 | 0.022 | 0.271 | 0.295 | 0.017 | |