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United States: V-Dem electoral democracy index

How it's computed: Values exactly as published by the source (rounded).
Source: V-Dem (2026), processed by Our World in Data · link
As of: 2025 · fetched 24 Oct 2026

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Year / date	United States (index (0-1))
1900	0.419
1901	0.421
1902	0.421
1903	0.421
1904	0.421
1905	0.418
1906	0.418
1907	0.42
1908	0.42
1909	0.419
1910	0.421
1911	0.427
1912	0.426
1913	0.424
1914	0.418
1915	0.422
1916	0.419
1917	0.402
1918	0.403
1919	0.415
1920	0.51
1921	0.512
1922	0.514
1923	0.527
1924	0.528
1925	0.53
1926	0.533
1927	0.533
1928	0.532
1929	0.53
1930	0.53
1931	0.545
1932	0.549
1933	0.554
1934	0.553
1935	0.559
1936	0.562
1937	0.562
1938	0.562
1939	0.554
1940	0.57
1941	0.562
1942	0.548
1943	0.548
1944	0.548
1945	0.56
1946	0.602
1947	0.611
1948	0.603
1949	0.58
1950	0.585
1951	0.612
1952	0.611
1953	0.606
1954	0.608
1955	0.609
1956	0.616
1957	0.62
1958	0.625
1959	0.625
1960	0.649
1961	0.666
1962	0.668
1963	0.679
1964	0.678
1965	0.672
1966	0.693
1967	0.7
1968	0.7
1969	0.689
1970	0.718
1971	0.724
1972	0.736
1973	0.758
1974	0.765
1975	0.782
1976	0.791
1977	0.831
1978	0.834
1979	0.832
1980	0.844
1981	0.855
1982	0.856
1983	0.861
1984	0.86
1985	0.856
1986	0.857
1987	0.863
1988	0.862
1989	0.859
1990	0.863
1991	0.867
1992	0.872
1993	0.867
1994	0.867
1995	0.868
1996	0.869
1997	0.871
1998	0.871
1999	0.868
2000	0.867
2001	0.828
2002	0.829
2003	0.86
2004	0.862
2005	0.856
2006	0.862
2007	0.897
2008	0.9
2009	0.9
2010	0.9
2011	0.896
2012	0.896
2013	0.905
2014	0.901
2015	0.9
2016	0.885
2017	0.834
2018	0.824
2019	0.818
2020	0.815
2021	0.821
2022	0.833
2023	0.857
2024	0.843
2025	0.735