Data for 1992

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1992

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1992
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1992 covers 172 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.873; Somalia is lowest, at 0.041. The middle country reads 0.270. Against 1991, 128 values changed (91 up, 37 down), 1 country joined.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 1992

HighestSweden

0.873

LowestSomalia

0.041

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

172countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
148distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1992, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.873
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.869
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.840
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.825
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.819
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.816
7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.814
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.813
=9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.798
=9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.798
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.796
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.794
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.787
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.786
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.778
=15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.778
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.766
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.764
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.761
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.759
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.757
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.755
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.752
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.737
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.727
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.713
=27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.706
=27	United States`USA`Northern America	0.706
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.691
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.669
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.654
32	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.653
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.637
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.620
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.619
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.607
=37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.565
=37	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.565
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.561
40	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.546
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.545
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.540
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.534
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.528
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.524
46	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.515
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.503
48	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.487
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.484
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.465
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.464
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.447
53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.442
54	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.437
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.436
=56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.434
=56	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.434
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.428
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.427
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.385
61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.379
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.378
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.366
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.365
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.341
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.336
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.326
68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.320
=69	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.319
=69	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.319
71	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.318
72	Colombia`COL`South America	0.314
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.311
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.306
75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.298
76	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.297
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.293
=78	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.290
=78	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.290
80	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.288
=81	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.280
=81	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.280
83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.279
=84	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.272
=84	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.272
=84	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.272
87	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.268
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.259
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.257
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.249
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.234
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.233
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.228
94	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.224
95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.223
96	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.221
97	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.219
98	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.215
=99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.211
=99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.211
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.209
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.207
=103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.206
=103	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.206
105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.205
106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.204
107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.203
108	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.202
109	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.200
110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.199
111	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.197
112	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.193
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.189
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.184
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.168
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.167
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.166
=118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.165
=118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.165
120	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.162
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.159
122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.158
123	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.157
=124	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.156
=124	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.156
=126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.153
=126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.153
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.151
129	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.150
130	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.149
131	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.147
132	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.142
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.140
=134	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.138
=134	Peru`PER`South America	0.138
=134	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.138
137	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.133
138	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.130
139	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.128
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.127
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.125
=141	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
=141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.125
144	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.122
145	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.117
=146	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.114
=146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.114
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.112
=149	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.110
=149	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.110
151	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.109
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.108
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.105
=154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.102
=154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.102
=154	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.102
157	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.095
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.092
159	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.090
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.087
161	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.082
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.077
163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.076
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.071
165	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.068
166	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.067
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.066
168	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.063
=169	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.053
=169	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.053
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.048
172	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.041

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.873
2Denmark0.869
3Norway0.840
4Germany0.825
5Belgium0.819

Lowest

172Somalia0.041
171Sudan0.048
169South Africashared0.053
169Cambodiashared0.053
168Haiti0.063

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.270. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 171 in both
91 · 37rose · fell
43unchanged

Rose most

Suriname0.349 → 0.540+0.191
Mali0.191 → 0.341+0.150
Mongolia0.439 → 0.565+0.126
Azerbaijan0.167 → 0.280+0.113
Burkina Faso0.198 → 0.298+0.100

Fell most

Peru0.281 → 0.138−0.143
Estonia0.555 → 0.437−0.118
Algeria0.283 → 0.211−0.072
Tajikistan0.268 → 0.206−0.062
Vanuatu0.541 → 0.487−0.054

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
148 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.272. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/1992

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