Data for 1995

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1995

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1995
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1995, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1995 covers 173 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.874; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.042. The middle country reads 0.301. Against 1994, 107 values changed (66 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 1995

HighestSweden

0.874

LowestAfghanistan

0.042

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

173countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
154distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.874
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	0.821
=6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.814
=6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.814
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.813
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.810
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.808
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	0.784
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.782
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.776
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.771
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.759
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.758
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.756
=22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.755
=22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.755
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.754
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.743
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.741
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.720
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.717
29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.716
30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.705
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.658
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.657
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.652
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.643
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.638
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.637
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.621
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.620
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.599
40	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.590
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.569
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.568
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.564
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.560
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.549
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.548
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.525
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.514
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.501
50	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.487
51	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.477
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.473
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.470
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.459
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.454
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.447
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.441
58	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.438
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.435
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.434
61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.423
=62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.421
=62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.421
64	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.418
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.397
66	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.373
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.363
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.361
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.359
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.356
71	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.345
72	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.343
=73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.334
=73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.334
75	Colombia`COL`South America	0.333
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.331
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.329
78	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.328
79	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.322
80	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.319
=81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.317
=81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.317
=81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.317
=84	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.315
=84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.315
86	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.314
87	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.301
88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.299
89	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.293
90	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.292
91	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.291
=92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.289
=92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.289
94	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.272
95	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.266
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.260
97	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.253
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.246
99	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.244
100	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.232
101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.228
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.227
103	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.223
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.221
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.220
106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.217
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.215
=108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.213
=108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.213
110	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.210
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.209
=112	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.208
=112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.208
114	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.207
=115	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.204
=115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.204
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.199
118	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.198
119	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.194
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.193
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.185
122	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.184
123	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.172
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.170
125	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.168
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.166
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.163
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.159
129	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.155
=130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.153
=130	Peru`PER`South America	0.153
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.152
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.151
=134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.150
=134	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.150
136	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.149
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.147
=138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.138
=138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.138
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.135
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.133
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.132
=143	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.130
=143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.130
=145	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.127
=145	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.127
=147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.125
=147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
149	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.123
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.119
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.116
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.113
153	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.112
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.111
=155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.109
=155	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.109
157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.108
158	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.107
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.102
160	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.098
161	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.095
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.094
163	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.093
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.091
165	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.084
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.077
167	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.076
=168	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.071
=168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.071
170	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.063
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.048
172	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.043
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.042

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.874
2Denmark0.869
3Norway0.840
4Germany0.825
5Belgium0.821

Lowest

173Afghanistan0.042
172Somalia0.043
171Sudan0.048
170Angola0.063
168Eswatinishared0.071

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.301. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 173 in both
66 · 41rose · fell
66unchanged

Rose most

South Africa0.273 → 0.441+0.168
Mozambique0.186 → 0.293+0.107
Malawi0.248 → 0.343+0.095
North Macedonia0.262 → 0.334+0.072
Namibia0.384 → 0.435+0.051

Fell most

Lesotho0.390 → 0.292−0.098
Armenia0.503 → 0.421−0.082
Côte d’Ivoire0.224 → 0.184−0.040
Belarus0.458 → 0.421−0.037
Gambia0.166 → 0.138−0.028

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 1995.
154 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.317. 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 (1995). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/1995

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