Democracy in Asia

• Democracy in Afghanistan
• Democracy in Bangladesh
• Democracy in Bhutan
• Democracy in China
• Democracy in Hong Kong
• Democracy in India
• Democracy in Iraq
• Democracy in Pakistan

== Measures of democracy ==

The table below shows Asian countries scored on V-Dem Democracy indices for year 2024.{{cite web | title=Democracy Report 2025, 25 Years of Autocratization – Democracy Trumped? | url=https://v-dem.net/documents/54/v-dem_dr_2025_lowres_v1.pdf | access-date=14 March 2025}}{{cite web | date=2025| title=The V-Dem Dataset – V-Dem | website=V-Dem | url=https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/ | access-date=14 March 2025 |publisher=V-Dem Institute}}{{cite book |last1=Coppedge |first1=Michael |title=Varieties of Democracy: Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change |last2=Gerring |first2=John |last3=Glynn |first3=Adam |last4=Knutsen |first4=Carl Henrik |last5=Lindberg |first5=Staffan I. |author-link5=Staffan I. Lindberg |last6=Pemstein |first6=Daniel |last7=Seim |first7=Brigitte |last8=Skaaning |first8=Svend-Erik |last9=Teorell |first9=Jan |date=January 2020 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781108347860 |doi=10.1017/9781108347860 |display-authors=5 |last10=Altman |first10=David |last11=Bernhard |first11=Michael |last12=Bizzarro |first12=Fernando |last13=Krusell |first13=Joshua |last14=Maguire |first14=Matthew |last15=Marquardt |first15=Kyle |last16=McMann |first16=Kelly |last17=Mechkova |first17=Valeriya |last18=Miri |first18=Farhad |last19=Pernes |first19=Josefine |last20=Staton |first20=Jeffrey |last21=Stepanova |first21=Natalia |last22=Tzelgov |first22=Eitan |last23=Wang |first23=Yi-ting}}

{{static row numbers}}

{|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"

|+{{nowrap|V-Dem Democracy Indices}}

!rowspan="2" | Country

!colspan="2" | Democracy Indices

!colspan="4" | Democracy Component Indices

|- class="static-row-header"

!Electoral

!Liberal

!Liberal

!Egalitarian

!Participatory

!Deliberative

|-

| {{flaglist| Japan }}

| 0.82

| 0.734

| 0.902

| 0.934

| 0.562

| 0.908

|-

| {{flaglist| Taiwan }}

| 0.8

| 0.7

| 0.878

| 0.874

| 0.748

| 0.844

|-

| {{flaglist| Cyprus }}

| 0.774

| 0.651

| 0.839

| 0.902

| 0.566

| 0.831

|-

| {{flaglist| East Timor }}

| 0.733

| 0.549

| 0.72

| 0.569

| 0.552

| 0.715

|-

| {{flaglist| South Korea }}

| 0.729

| 0.631

| 0.872

| 0.856

| 0.61

| 0.809

|-

| {{flaglist| Israel }}

| 0.715

| 0.617

| 0.869

| 0.808

| 0.601

| 0.773

|-

| {{flaglist| Nepal }}

| 0.669

| 0.522

| 0.76

| 0.585

| 0.583

| 0.611

|-

| {{flaglist| Sri Lanka }}

| 0.664

| 0.486

| 0.699

| 0.671

| 0.594

| 0.617

|-

| {{flaglist| Armenia }}

| 0.623

| 0.414

| 0.61

| 0.802

| 0.411

| 0.688

|-

| {{flaglist| Maldives }}

| 0.564

| 0.423

| 0.714

| 0.584

| 0.48

| 0.705

|-

| {{flaglist| Bhutan }}

| 0.561

| 0.454

| 0.783

| 0.826

| 0.541

| 0.899

|-

| {{flaglist| Malaysia }}

| 0.517

| 0.362

| 0.643

| 0.709

| 0.538

| 0.673

|-

| {{flaglist| Mongolia }}

| 0.496

| 0.389

| 0.736

| 0.653

| 0.402

| 0.746

|-

| {{flaglist| Indonesia }}

| 0.483

| 0.326

| 0.606

| 0.538

| 0.592

| 0.811

|-

| {{flaglist| Georgia }}

| 0.48

| 0.328

| 0.615

| 0.726

| 0.507

| 0.751

|-

| {{flaglist| Papua New Guinea }}

| 0.461

| 0.384

| 0.784

| 0.461

| 0.514

| 0.507

|-

| {{flaglist| Philippines }}

| 0.435

| 0.308

| 0.633

| 0.314

| 0.571

| 0.526

|-

| {{flaglist| Singapore }}

| 0.414

| 0.343

| 0.752

| 0.805

| 0.132

| 0.742

|-

| {{flaglist| India }}

| 0.398

| 0.291

| 0.635

| 0.425

| 0.521

| 0.629

|-

| {{flaglist| Thailand }}

| 0.389

| 0.289

| 0.646

| 0.483

| 0.356

| 0.371

|-

| {{flaglist| Iraq }}

| 0.351

| 0.228

| 0.524

| 0.459

| 0.438

| 0.594

|-

| {{flaglist| Lebanon }}

| 0.348

| 0.207

| 0.463

| 0.379

| 0.421

| 0.557

|-

| {{flaglist| Kyrgyzstan }}

| 0.333

| 0.183

| 0.411

| 0.619

| 0.397

| 0.373

|-

| {{flaglist| Pakistan }}

| 0.313

| 0.199

| 0.48

| 0.223

| 0.499

| 0.529

|-

| {{flaglist| Kuwait }}

| 0.292

| 0.266

| 0.716

| 0.613

| 0.148

| 0.433

|-

| {{flaglist| Turkey }}

| 0.288

| 0.117

| 0.255

| 0.539

| 0.422

| 0.182

|-

| {{flaglist| Jordan }}

| 0.273

| 0.274

| 0.772

| 0.577

| 0.302

| 0.876

|-

| {{flaglist| Kazakhstan }}

| 0.272

| 0.134

| 0.326

| 0.539

| 0.291

| 0.5

|-

| {{flaglist| Uzbekistan }}

| 0.215

| 0.078

| 0.19

| 0.435

| 0.196

| 0.422

|-

| {{flaglist| Palestine}} (West Bank)

| 0.214

| 0.117

| 0.323

| 0.541

| 0.469

| 0.177

|-

| {{flaglist| Bangladesh }}

| 0.201

| 0.068

| 0.2

| 0.323

| 0.243

| 0.293

|-

| {{flaglist| Cambodia }}

| 0.186

| 0.056

| 0.133

| 0.206

| 0.207

| 0.183

|-

| {{flaglist| Azerbaijan }}

| 0.175

| 0.054

| 0.133

| 0.34

| 0.102

| 0.093

|-

| {{flaglist| Tajikistan }}

| 0.174

| 0.05

| 0.12

| 0.197

| 0.144

| 0.136

|-

| {{flaglist| Vietnam }}

| 0.174

| 0.124

| 0.382

| 0.614

| 0.499

| 0.659

|-

| {{flaglist| Oman }}

| 0.174

| 0.14

| 0.443

| 0.571

| 0.388

| 0.189

|-

| {{flaglist| Russia }}

| 0.172

| 0.056

| 0.143

| 0.371

| 0.376

| 0.109

|-

| {{flaglist| Hong Kong }}

| 0.169

| 0.133

| 0.421

| 0.736

| 0.142

| 0.15

|-

| {{flaglist| Iran }}

| 0.167

| 0.092

| 0.275

| 0.473

| 0.092

| 0.324

|-

| {{flaglist| Turkmenistan }}

| 0.149

| 0.033

| 0.076

| 0.289

| 0.075

| 0.039

|-

| {{flaglist| Syria }}

| 0.145

| 0.054

| 0.155

| 0.23

| 0.194

| 0.085

|-

| {{flaglist| Laos }}

| 0.134

| 0.102

| 0.339

| 0.428

| 0.386

| 0.164

|-

| {{flaglist| Yemen }}

| 0.127

| 0.047

| 0.142

| 0.087

| 0.166

| 0.132

|-

| {{flaglist| Bahrain }}

| 0.124

| 0.052

| 0.158

| 0.385

| 0.115

| 0.158

|-

| {{flaglist| United Arab Emirates }}

| 0.103

| 0.078

| 0.27

| 0.45

| 0.086

| 0.298

|-

| {{flaglist| Palestine }} (Gaza)

| 0.095

| 0.053

| 0.18

| 0.405

| 0.212

| 0.113

|-

| {{flaglist| Qatar }}

| 0.087

| 0.08

| 0.284

| 0.395

| 0.105

| 0.387

|-

| {{flaglist| North Korea }}

| 0.083

| 0.014

| 0.033

| 0.31

| 0.153

| 0.016

|-

| {{flaglist| Myanmar }}

| 0.083

| 0.016

| 0.041

| 0.21

| 0.34

| 0.195

|-

| {{flaglist| Afghanistan }}

| 0.081

| 0.016

| 0.044

| 0.077

| 0.027

| 0.073

|-

| {{flaglist| China }}

| 0.073

| 0.036

| 0.125

| 0.302

| 0.1

| 0.227

|-

| {{flaglist| Saudi Arabia }}

| 0.015

| 0.047

| 0.187

| 0.449

| 0.081

| 0.258

|}

• Democracy in Africa
• Democracy in the Americas
• Democracy in Europe
• Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa
• Democratic backsliding by country – Asia

{{Reflist|30em}}

{{Asia topic|Democracy in}}

{{Asia topic|Elections in}}

{{Asia topics}}

Category:Democracy by location

Category:Politics of Asia