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Egalitarian democracy index , 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 171 countries was 0.375 index points. The highest value was in Denmark: 0.877 index points and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0.033 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Egalitarian democracy index, 2023 Global rank Available data
Denmark 0.877 1 1960 - 2023
Norway 0.836 2 1960 - 2023
Belgium 0.828 3 1960 - 2023
Switzerland 0.821 4 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.816 5 1960 - 2023
Sweden 0.798 6 1960 - 2023
Estonia 0.797 7 1990 - 2023
Ireland 0.794 8 1960 - 2023
Germany 0.792 9 1960 - 2023
Czechia 0.788 10 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 0.775 11 1960 - 2023
Finland 0.768 12 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 0.759 13 1960 - 2023
Italy 0.753 14 1960 - 2023
Austria 0.748 15 1960 - 2023
Japan 0.745 16 1960 - 2023
Taiwan 0.741 17 1960 - 2023
Latvia 0.739 18 1990 - 2023
France 0.731 19 1960 - 2023
Iceland 0.726 20 1960 - 2023
Australia 0.721 21 1960 - 2023
Spain 0.719 22 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 0.705 23 1960 - 2023
UK 0.704 24 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 0.691 25 1990 - 2023
Portugal 0.69 26 1960 - 2023
Canada 0.688 27 1960 - 2023
Malta 0.686 28 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 0.668 29 1960 - 2023
Argentina 0.666 30 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 0.665 31 1993 - 2023
Jamaica 0.664 32 1960 - 2023
Barbados 0.663 33 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 0.661 34 1989 - 2023
Chile 0.639 35 1960 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.627 36 1960 - 2023
Greece 0.626 37 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0.617 38 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.605 39 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0.602 40 1960 - 2023
USA 0.602 41 1960 - 2023
Croatia 0.576 42 1991 - 2023
Moldova 0.576 43 1990 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.569 44 1960 - 2023
Israel 0.562 45 1960 - 2023
Suriname 0.56 46 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.52 47 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0.518 48 1990 - 2023
Brazil 0.515 49 1960 - 2023
Poland 0.514 50 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.487 51 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0.482 52 1990 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.478 53 1960 - 2023
Romania 0.477 54 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.475 55 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.466 56 1960 - 2023
Montenegro 0.459 57 1998 - 2023
Bhutan 0.45 58 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.448 59 1960 - 2023
Panama 0.447 60 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.446 61 1960 - 2023
Nepal 0.442 62 1960 - 2023
Colombia 0.425 63 1960 - 2023
Peru 0.417 64 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.402 65 1960 - 2023
Maldives 0.399 66 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.397 67 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.395 68 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.39 69 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 0.388 70 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.385 71 1960 - 2023
Albania 0.383 72 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 0.383 73 1960 - 2023
Guyana 0.377 74 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.376 75 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.372 76 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 0.367 77 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.366 78 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.366 79 1991 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.364 80 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.362 81 1992 - 2023
Singapore 0.357 82 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 0.352 83 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.351 84 1960 - 2023
Fiji 0.349 85 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0.34 86 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.339 87 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.335 88 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.324 89 1960 - 2023
Serbia 0.312 90 1960 - 2023
Hungary 0.311 91 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 0.307 92 1990 - 2023
Togo 0.297 93 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 0.291 94 1960 - 2023
Mexico 0.286 95 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.284 96 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.283 97 1960 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.277 98 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.275 99 1960 - 2023
Honduras 0.26 100 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.256 101 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.252 102 1990 - 2023
Paraguay 0.25 103 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.24 104 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0.24 105 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.239 106 1960 - 2023
Cuba 0.233 107 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0.227 108 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.227 109 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.224 110 1991 - 2023
Comoros 0.219 111 1960 - 2023
Belarus 0.217 112 1990 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.212 113 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.209 114 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 0.208 115 1960 - 2023
India 0.206 116 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.206 117 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.206 118 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.205 119 1960 - 2023
Turkey 0.204 120 1960 - 2023
Jordan 0.202 121 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.2 122 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.2 123 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.198 124 1961 - 2023
Philippines 0.194 125 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 0.194 126 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.191 127 1960 - 2023
Thailand 0.188 128 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.183 129 1960 - 2023
Oman 0.178 130 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 0.17 131 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.17 132 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.167 133 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.158 134 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.155 135 1990 - 2023
Iran 0.152 136 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.151 137 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.149 138 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.147 139 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.135 140 1971 - 2023
Russia 0.132 141 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.131 142 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.13 143 1960 - 2023
Laos 0.129 144 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 0.129 145 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.127 146 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.124 147 1990 - 2023
Eritrea 0.117 148 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.115 149 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.112 150 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.11 151 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.109 152 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.106 153 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.105 154 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 0.105 155 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.103 156 1971 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.1 157 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.097 158 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.092 159 1991 - 2023
North Korea 0.088 160 1960 - 2023
China 0.085 161 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 0.083 162 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.071 163 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.071 164 1990 - 2023
Swaziland 0.068 165 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0.067 166 1960 - 2023
Haiti 0.06 167 1960 - 2023
Burma 0.058 168 1960 - 2023
Syria 0.058 169 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.04 170 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.033 171 1960 - 2023



Definition: Measures the extent to which political power is distributed equally among different social groups.

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