Data for 1993

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1993

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1993
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1993, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1993 covers 173 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.873; Somalia is lowest, at 0.042. The middle country reads 0.289. Against 1992, 129 values changed (86 up, 43 down), 1 country joined.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 1993

HighestSweden

0.873

LowestSomalia

0.042

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

173countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
153distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: 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	0.813
=7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.813
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.810
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.805
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.795
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	0.781
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.778
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.769
=18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.766
=18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.766
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.763
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.762
=22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.758
=22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.758
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.754
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.742
26	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.718
27	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.713
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.707
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.705
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.701
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.674
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.654
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.652
34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.637
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.621
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.620
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.607
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.601
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.595
40	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.590
41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.565
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.564
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.562
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.549
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.548
46	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.534
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.524
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.509
49	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.505
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.498
51	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.487
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.467
53	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.463
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.455
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.454
56	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.442
=57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.436
=57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.436
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.431
60	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.422
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.416
62	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.412
63	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.395
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.385
65	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.370
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.369
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.363
68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.354
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.343
70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.336
71	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.334
72	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.328
=73	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.326
=73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.326
75	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.324
=76	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.319
=76	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.319
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.318
79	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.315
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.312
81	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.311
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.307
83	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.304
84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.296
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.295
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.292
87	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.289
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.285
89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.279
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.268
91	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.261
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.249
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.247
94	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.245
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.244
96	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.232
97	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.228
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.225
99	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.223
100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.221
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.220
102	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.218
103	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.216
=104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.214
=104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.214
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.213
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.210
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.206
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.205
=110	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.204
=110	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.204
=110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.204
=110	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.204
=110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.204
115	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.201
116	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.199
117	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.198
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.192
119	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.184
120	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.180
=121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.169
=121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.169
123	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.168
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.167
125	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.166
126	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.160
127	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.157
=128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.155
=128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.155
=128	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.155
=131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.154
=131	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.154
133	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.153
134	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.151
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.147
=136	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.140
=136	Peru`PER`South America	0.140
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.138
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.133
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.131
141	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.130
142	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.128
143	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.127
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.126
145	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.121
147	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.118
148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.115
=149	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.113
=149	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.113
=151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.111
=151	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.111
153	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.110
=154	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.109
=154	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.109
156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.105
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.104
158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.102
159	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.094
160	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.091
=161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.090
=161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.090
163	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.082
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.077
165	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.076
166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.074
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.071
168	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.069
169	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.063
170	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.055
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.048
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.044
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.042

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

173Somalia0.042
172Afghanistan0.044
171Sudan0.048
170South Africa0.055
169Angola0.063

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.289. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 172 in both
86 · 43rose · fell
43unchanged

Rose most

Estonia0.437 → 0.769+0.332
Lesotho0.202 → 0.412+0.210
Ghana0.165 → 0.319+0.154
Niger0.257 → 0.370+0.113
Thailand0.147 → 0.225+0.078

Fell most

Azerbaijan0.280 → 0.218−0.062
Tajikistan0.206 → 0.154−0.052
Comoros0.280 → 0.245−0.035
Rwanda0.158 → 0.131−0.027
Afghanistan0.066 → 0.044−0.022

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
153 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.204. 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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1993). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/1993

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