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United States: V-Dem democracy indices

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	0.367
1901	0.367
1902	0.368
1903	0.367
1904	0.367
1905	0.366
1906	0.367
1907	0.367
1908	0.367
1909	0.366
1910	0.368
1911	0.374
1912	0.373
1913	0.374
1914	0.369
1915	0.372
1916	0.371
1917	0.359
1918	0.358
1919	0.366
1920	0.429
1921	0.428
1922	0.431
1923	0.443
1924	0.443
1925	0.444
1926	0.445
1927	0.446
1928	0.445
1929	0.445
1930	0.446
1931	0.458
1932	0.461
1933	0.463
1934	0.464
1935	0.47
1936	0.471
1937	0.47
1938	0.47
1939	0.462
1940	0.472
1941	0.465
1942	0.456
1943	0.456
1944	0.456
1945	0.468
1946	0.506
1947	0.517
1948	0.51
1949	0.496
1950	0.502
1951	0.522
1952	0.522
1953	0.515
1954	0.516
1955	0.511
1956	0.517
1957	0.521
1958	0.527
1959	0.527
1960	0.544
1961	0.559
1962	0.56
1963	0.57
1964	0.572
1965	0.57
1966	0.594
1967	0.602
1968	0.602
1969	0.607
1970	0.639
1971	0.646
1972	0.659
1973	0.689
1974	0.696
1975	0.716
1976	0.726
1977	0.765
1978	0.768
1979	0.767
1980	0.778
1981	0.79
1982	0.791
1983	0.795
1984	0.794
1985	0.787
1986	0.792
1987	0.798
1988	0.797
1989	0.794
1990	0.8
1991	0.805
1992	0.809
1993	0.805
1994	0.806
1995	0.808
1996	0.808
1997	0.811
1998	0.81
1999	0.808
2000	0.808
2001	0.769
2002	0.769
2003	0.798
2004	0.799
2005	0.794
2006	0.801
2007	0.84
2008	0.845
2009	0.848
2010	0.848
2011	0.845
2012	0.842
2013	0.852
2014	0.848
2015	0.848
2016	0.83
2017	0.749
2018	0.739
2019	0.74
2020	0.734
2021	0.756
2022	0.769
2023	0.789
2024	0.751
2025	0.571