Liberal democracy index during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the liberal democracy index changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Yusuf Raza Gilani	25 Mar 2008 – 22 Jun 2012	+9.8 points 2007 → 2011	+2.5 points/yr
2	Benazir Bhutto	19 Oct 1993 – 5 Nov 1996	0.0 points 1993 → 1996	0.0 points/yr
3	Imran Khan	18 Aug 2018 – 11 Apr 2022	−0.2 points 2018 → 2021	−0.1 points/yr
4	Shaukat Aziz	28 Aug 2004 – 16 Nov 2007	−0.7 points 2004 → 2007	−0.2 points/yr
5	Nawaz Sharif	5 Jun 2013 – 1 Aug 2017	−2.6 points 2012 → 2017	−0.5 points/yr
6	Nawaz Sharif	17 Feb 1997 – 12 Oct 1999	−3.4 points 1996 → 1999	−1.1 points/yr
7	N Pervez Musharraf	12 Oct 1999 – 23 Nov 2002	−3.5 points 1999 → 2002	−1.2 points/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in points; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. points, 0 to 100, V-Dem's 0 to 1 index times 100 · V-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_libdem): the liberal democracy index, electoral democracy plus the checks on the executive and the rights of the person, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100 · Pakistan data · as of Oct 2026.