Georgia
The score for Georgia fell 13.6 points, from 70.6 to 57.0 between 2015 and 2025. All five areas declined. Elections contributed the largest downward push in the score calculation.
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2025 score
57.0out of 100Georgia
rank 87 of 179Open profile2025 score
66.1out of 100United States
rank 57 of 179Open profile2025 score
93.1out of 100Switzerland
rank 1 of 179Open profileScore color 80–100 · closer 60–79.9 · incomplete Below 60 · constrained
SCORE HISTORY
1975–2025BEHIND THE LINES
Different countries. Different changes.
United States
The score for United States fell 18.4 points, from 84.5 to 66.1 between 2015 and 2025. All five areas declined. Public reasoning contributed the largest downward push in the score calculation.
Read the political context →Switzerland
The score for Switzerland fell 0.1 points, from 93.2 to 93.1 between 2015 and 2025. 3 of the five areas improved while 1 worsened, so the headline combines competing movements. Elections contributed the largest downward push in the score calculation.
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2025 DIMENSIONS
0–100Free and fair elections
Rights and checks on power
Public participation
Public reasoning
Political equality
Scores are estimates of political systems in a specific year, not judgments about a country’s people or culture.
Comparison without false equivalence
The same measurement model is applied to each place and year, but historical context, state formation, conflict, and data uncertainty differ. Use these lines to find questions—not to substitute a number for country knowledge.