The Democracy in the Americas can be compared according to the different definitions of democracy. The V-Dem Democracy indices considers countries in the Americas with the highest democracy scores in 2023 as Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay, USA and Jamaica and countries with lowest democracy scores as Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela. Democratic backsliding can be observed in parts of the Americas.Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Compilation of Selected Indices, Carla Y. Davis-Castro, Congressional Research Service, accessed 2023 Democratization is reported by V-Dem Democracy Report 2024 in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Bolivia.Democracy Report 2024, Varieties of Democracy

Measures of democracy The table below shows countries in the Americas scored on 2 high-level V-Dem Democracy indices and 4 mid-level Democracy Component indices published in 2025 evaluating the state of democracy in year 2024.

+ Country Democracy Indices Democracy Component IndicesElectoralLiberalLiberalEgalitarianParticipatoryDeliberative 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

See also By country Democracy in the United States Chilean transition to democracy Democracy in Mexico Democracy in Venezuela Redemocratization in Brazil By region Democracy in Africa Democracy in Asia Democracy in Europe Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa Democratic backsliding by country – Americas

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