Data for 1999

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1999

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1999
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1999, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1999 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.867; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.038. The middle country reads 0.307. Against 1998, 115 values changed (60 up, 55 down), 1 country joined.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 1999

HighestDenmark

0.867

LowestAfghanistan

0.038

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

175countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
150distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.867
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.866
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.842
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.835
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.822
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.820
=7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.815
=7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.815
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.810
10	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.799
=11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.791
=11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.791
=11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.791
14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.790
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.784
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.780
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.774
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.770
19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.768
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.767
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.766
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.761
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.759
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.755
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.753
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.749
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.731
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.712
=29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.706
=29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.706
=31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.698
=31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.698
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.669
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.661
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.656
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.639
=37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.638
=37	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.638
=39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.626
=39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.626
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.604
42	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.598
43	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.579
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.574
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.568
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.564
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.553
48	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.541
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.503
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.491
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.489
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.487
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.479
=54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.475
=54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.475
56	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.474
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.452
58	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.451
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.441
60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.439
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.434
62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.416
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.409
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.407
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.406
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.384
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.374
=68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.361
=68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.361
=70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.358
=70	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.358
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.354
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.349
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.348
75	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.347
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.346
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.336
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.335
79	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.327
=80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.325
=80	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.325
82	Colombia`COL`South America	0.324
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.315
84	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.313
85	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.312
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.311
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.309
=88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.307
=88	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.307
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.302
91	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.300
92	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.295
93	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.294
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.293
=95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.289
=95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.289
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.286
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.280
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.260
=100	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.250
=100	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.250
102	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.244
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.241
=104	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.235
=104	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.235
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.233
107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.230
108	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.229
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.226
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.224
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.220
112	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.219
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.217
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.216
=115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.214
=115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.214
=117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.208
=117	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.208
=119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.207
=119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.207
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.204
122	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.197
123	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.191
124	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.190
=125	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.189
=125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.189
=127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.185
=127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.185
129	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.184
=130	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.177
=130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.177
132	Peru`PER`South America	0.175
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.170
134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.169
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.166
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.160
=137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.157
=137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.157
=139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.155
=139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.155
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.153
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.150
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.145
144	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.143
145	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.141
146	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.136
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.128
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.127
149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
=150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.124
=150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.124
152	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.123
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.120
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.116
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.112
156	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.110
157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.109
158	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.106
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.105
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.104
=161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.103
=161	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.103
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.099
164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.098
165	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.094
166	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.093
167	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.085
168	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.081
169	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.074
170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.072
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.071
172	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.063
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.056
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.043
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.038

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.867
2Sweden0.866
3Norway0.842
4Germany0.835
5Belgium0.822

Lowest

175Afghanistan0.038
174Somalia0.043
173Sudan0.056
172Angola0.063
171Myanmar0.071

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.307. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 174 in both
60 · 55rose · fell
59unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia0.184 → 0.374+0.190
Nigeria0.136 → 0.220+0.084
Slovakia0.577 → 0.639+0.062
Montenegro0.298 → 0.346+0.048
North Macedonia0.362 → 0.406+0.044

Fell most

Niger0.288 → 0.229−0.059
Comoros0.288 → 0.235−0.053
Ukraine0.345 → 0.307−0.038
Lesotho0.328 → 0.294−0.034
Malawi0.343 → 0.311−0.032

+ Kosovo

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 1999.
150 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.791. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1999). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/1999

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