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Country
Democracy Type
Democracy Index Score (Rank)
Freedom Score
Doing Business Score (Rank)
Economy Type
GDP (USD)GDP Per Capita (USD)Average Salary (USD)LeaderPolitical Party
Political Orientation
Capital
Primary Language
PopulationEU Member
Cost of Living Index
Top 100 Cities
Happiness Score
Education Quality & Access Score
Life Expectancy
Health Index Score
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AustriaFull Democracy8.29 (20)9381.6 (27)Mixed510B56,00054,508Karl NehammerÖVPCentre-RightViennaGerman9.1MYes70.4Vienna7.28.881.69.1
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BelgiumFull Democracy8.07 (36)9475.5 (46)Mixed613B53,00057,989Bart De Wever
New Flemish Alliance (N-VA)
Centre-RightBrusselsDutch, French11.7MYes71.2Brussels6.98.781.38.9
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Croatia
Flawed Democracy
6.57 (63)8473.6 (51)Mixed70B17,00020,014Zoran Milanović
Social Democratic Party
Centre-LeftZagrebCroatian4.0MYes62.3None6.47.578.28.2
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Czech Republic
Flawed Democracy
7.69 (29)9176.5 (41)Mixed300B28,00023,580Petr Fiala
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
Centre-RightPragueCzech10.6MYes65.7Prague6.88.279.18.5
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DenmarkFull Democracy9.28 (6)9785.3 (4)Mixed400B68,00067,604
Mette Frederiksen
Social Democrats
Centre-LeftCopenhagenDanish5.8MYes66.9Copenhagen7.5219.381.49.4
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EstoniaFull Democracy8.74 (13)9480.2 (18)Mixed50B37,00024,744Kaja KallasReform PartyCentre-RightTallinnEstonian1.3MYes64.5None6.58.178.88.3
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FinlandFull Democracy9.29 (5)10082.1 (16)Mixed300B54,00058,679Petteri Orpo
National Coalition Party
Centre-RightHelsinkiFinnish5.5MYes60.1Helsinki7.7369.181.79.2
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France
Flawed Democracy
7.69 (29)9076.8 (32)Mixed3.0T45,00050,988
Emmanuel Macron
RenaissanceCentre-RightParisFrench66.6MYes74Paris6.98.982.59
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GermanyFull Democracy8.68 (6)9679.0 (22)Mixed4.5T54,00050,988Friedrich Merz
Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
Centre-RightBerlinGerman84.1MYes70Berlin, Munich7981.19.1
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Greece
Flawed Democracy
7.29 (57)8868.4 (79)Mixed250B23,00017,013
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
New Democracy
Centre-RightAthensGreek10.4MYes60.2N/A6.27.882.28
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HungaryHybrid Regime6.49 (85)6673.4 (52)Mixed200B20,00018,456Viktor OrbánFidesz
Right-Wing Populist
BudapestHungarian9.6MYes55.8N/A5.97.4767.8
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IcelandFull Democracy9.45 (3)9882.9 (12)Mixed30B75,00066,612
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Left-Green Movement
Centre-LeftReykjavikIcelandic0.37MNo83.4N/A7.515982.99.5
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IrelandFull Democracy9.20 (8)9779.6 (24)Mixed590B120,00056,587Leo VaradkarFine GaelCentre-RightDublinEnglish5.3MYes76.6Dublin78.982.39.3
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Italy
Flawed Democracy
7.69 (29)8972.9 (58)Mixed2.2T37,00032,573Giorgia MeloniBrothers of Italy
Right-Wing Populist
RomeItalian58.9MYes67.8Rome, Milan6.58.383.48.9
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Latvia
Flawed Democracy
7.24 (38)8979.1 (19)Mixed46B24,00021,357Krišjānis KariņšNew UnityCentre-RightRigaLatvian1.9MYes61.4N/A6.27.975.58.1
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Lithuania
Flawed Democracy
7.24 (38)9081.6 (11)Mixed79B28,00022,848
Ingrida Šimonytė
Homeland Union
Centre-RightVilniusLithuanian2.8MYes60.5N/A6.38.175.68.2
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LuxembourgFull Democracy8.81 (13)9672.0 (72)Mixed101B141,08084,000Luc Frieden
Christian Social People’s Party
Centre-LeftLuxembourg
Luxembourgish, French, German
0.685MYes81N/A79.182.39.3
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NetherlandsFull Democracy9.00 (9)9781.0 (42)Mixed1.0T58,00057,534Dick Schoof
Independent (PVV-backed)
Right-Wing Populist
AmsterdamDutch17.7MYes57.3Amsterdam7.3069.181.99.3
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NorwayFull Democracy9.81 (1)10082.6 (9)Mixed506.5B89,69065,000
Jonas Gahr Støre
Labour PartyCentre-LeftOsloNorwegian5.5MNo69Oslo7.3659.382.89.4
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Poland
Flawed Democracy
6.85 (57)8376.4 (40)Mixed980B27,00019,500
Donald Tusk / Karol Nawrocki
Civic Platform / Law and Justice
Centre-Right / Right-Wing Populist
WarsawPolish36.6MYes45.5Warsaw6.18.278.58.1
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PortugalFull Democracy7.90 (28)9578.0 (39)Mixed300B29,00025,657
Luís Montenegro
Social Democratic Party
Centre-LeftLisbonPortuguese10.2MYes59.8Lisbon6881.18.5
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Slovakia
Flawed Democracy
7.03 (58)9076.0 (45)Mixed138.4B25,93521,756Robert FicoSmer-SDCentre-LeftBratislavaSlovak5.4MYes56.9N/A6.27.8778
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SloveniaFull Democracy7.96 (39)9377.2 (37)Mixed56.8B35,33027,213Robert Golob
Freedom Movement
Centre-LeftLjubljanaSlovene2.1MYes60.9N/A6.4881.28.3
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SpainFull Democracy8.08 (30)9477.9 (30)Mixed1.6T34,00033,249Pedro SánchezPSOECentre-LeftMadridSpanish47.6MYes64.9
Madrid, Barcelona
6.58.583.39
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SwedenFull Democracy9.12 (4)10082.0 (10)Mixed635B60,00058,320Ulf KristerssonModerate PartyCentre-LeftStockholmSwedish10.4MYes78.7Stockholm7.49.282.69.5
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SwitzerlandFull Democracy9.00 (8)9781.5 (36)Mixed878B102,00085,964Viola Amherd
Federal Council (multi-party)
Centre-RightBern
German, French, Italian
8.8MNo98.4Zurich, Geneva7.249.383.89.6
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United Kingdom
Full Democracy8.28 (18)9383.5 (8)Mixed3.4T50,00045,112Keir StarmerLabour PartyCentre-LeftLondonEnglish67.7MNo59.2London6.88981.392
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Cyprus
Flawed Democracy
6.93 (40)8972.3 (54)Mixed32B35,00021,260
Nikos Christodoulides
IndependentCentre-RightNicosiaGreek1.2MYes58.1N/A6.17.982.48.4
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LiechtensteinFull DemocracyN/A90N/AMixed7.5B189,00079,300Daniel RischPatriotic UnionCenter-RightVaduzGerman0.039MNo123.1N/AN/A8.782.59.5
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MoldovaHybrid Regime6.04 (71)6068.5 (48)Mixed15B5,4006,840Maia Sandu
Party of Action and Solidarity
Center-RightChișinăuRomanian2.5MNo33.7N/A5.66.871.87.1
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MonacoFull DemocracyN/A82N/AMixed8B200,000110,000Albert IIN/AMonarchyMonacoFrench0.04MNo120N/AN/A8.589.79.6
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MontenegroHybrid Regime6.02 (72)6966.0 (50)Mixed16B25,00018,780Milojko SpajićEurope Now!Center-RightPodgoricaMontenegrin0.62MNo47.6N/A5.97.576.67.9
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North Macedonia
Hybrid Regime6.28 (62)6774.4 (17)Mixed14B6,8008,224
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
VMRO-DPMNERight-WingSkopjeMacedonian1.8MNo38.9N/A5.87.275.57.6
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SerbiaHybrid Regime6.26 (64)5675.7 (44)Mixed66B9,50012,487
Aleksandar Vučić
SNSRight-WingBelgradeSerbian6.6MNo41.2N/A5.57.174.47.5
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Turkey
Authoritarian Regime
4.26 (103)3269.4 (43)Mixed1.1T13,00011,589
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AKPRight-WingAnkaraTurkish85.4MNo33.1Istanbul4.6775.87.4
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UkraineHybrid Regime4.9 (92)6164.2 (64)Mixed160B3,8006,792
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Servant of the People
CenterKyivUkrainian36.7MNo28.9N/A56.971.67
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Russia
Authoritarian Regime
2.03 (150)1672.4 (28)Mixed1.9T13,5009,695Vladimir PutinUnited RussiaAuthoritarianMoscowRussian144.5MNo36Moscow3.16.5726.8
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Albania
Flawed Democracy
6.20 (66)6867.7 (82)Mixed24B10,53013,140Edi Rama
Socialist Party (PS)
Centre-leftTiranaAlbanian2.9MNo35Tirana5.65.578.56
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Belarus
Authoritarian Regime
1.99 (152)874.3 (49)Command62B7,8298,436
Alexander Lukashenko
Independent (de facto one-party)
Authoritarian, Pro-Russian
Minsk
Belarusian, Russian
9.5MNo39MinskN/A574.55.5
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hybrid Regime5.04 (88)5265.4 (90)Mixed30B8,2976,840
Denis Bećirović, Željka Cvijanović, Željko Komšić
SDA, HDZ, SNSD (Coalition)
Ethnically divided, nationalist-dominated
Sarajevo
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
3.1MNo35Sarajevo5.7577.55.5
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Bulgaria
Flawed Democracy
6.34 (61)7772.0 (61)Mixed112B27,06215,876
Rosen Zhelyazkov
GERB (coalition with BSP and ITN)
Center-right, Pro-EU/NATO
SofiaBulgarian6.8MYes35Sofia66756
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Faroe Islands
Parliamentary Representative Democracy (Autonomous Territory)
Part of Denmark 9.28 (6)
Part of Denmark (97/100)
N/AMixed4B66,97956,400
Bárður á Steig Nielsen
Union Party
Centre-right, Pro-Danish Union
TórshavnFaroese0.1MNo94.8Tórshavn7N/A83.3N/A
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KosovoHybrid Regime
Part of Serbia 4.11 (93)
5373.2 (57)Mixed11B7,1508,844Albin Kurti
Vetëvendosje (Self-Determination Movement)
Left-wing, Nationalist, Pro-sovereignty
Pristina
Albanian, Serbian
1.6MNo35Pristina5.65785.5
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North Macedonia
Flawed Democracy
6.28 (62)6780.7 (17)Mixed17B9,56713,644
Hristijan Mickoski
VMRO-DPMNE
Center-right, Nationalist, Pro-EU
SkopjeMacedonian2.0MNo35Skopje5.56756
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Malta
Flawed Democracy
7.93 (27)8788th globallyMixed24B43,95725,536Robert Abela
Labour Party (PL)
Centre-left, Pro-EU
VallettaMaltese, English0.6MYes65Valletta6.77837.5
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RomaniaHybrid Regime5.99 (72)8355th globallyMixed1004B21,42024,024Nicușor Dan
Independent (formerly USR)
Centrist, Pro-EU, Reformist
BucharestRomanian19.5MYes40Bucharest6.56.5756.5
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