Data for 2000

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2000

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2000
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2000 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.867; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.037. The middle country reads 0.300. Against 1999, 148 values changed (88 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2000

HighestDenmark

0.867

LowestAfghanistan

0.037

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

175countries
1measure
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: 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	0.851
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.839
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.824
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.820
7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.819
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.816
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.811
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.797
=11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.796
=11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.796
=13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.790
=13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.790
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.786
16	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.784
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.778
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.775
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.773
=20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.769
=20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.769
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.763
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.759
=24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.757
=24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.757
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.748
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.731
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.730
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.727
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.713
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.700
32	United States`USA`Northern America	0.691
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.688
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.669
35	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.668
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.662
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.661
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.653
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.651
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.633
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.624
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.621
43	Chile`CHL`South America	0.614
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.600
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.585
46	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.579
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.575
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.573
49	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.541
=50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.504
=50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.504
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.502
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.499
54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.495
55	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.492
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.482
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.476
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.470
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.453
60	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.452
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.446
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.439
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.433
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.430
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.414
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.402
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.394
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.388
69	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.372
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.363
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.354
=72	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.352
=72	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.352
=74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.346
=74	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.346
=74	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.346
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.344
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.336
79	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.333
=80	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.328
=80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.328
82	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.325
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.322
84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.318
85	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.304
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.303
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.301
=88	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.300
=88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.300
=88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.300
91	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.298
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.292
93	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.291
94	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.283
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.281
96	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.280
97	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.278
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.262
=99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.261
=99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.261
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.257
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.251
103	Peru`PER`South America	0.249
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.242
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.239
106	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.238
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.233
=108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.231
=108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.231
110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.230
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.227
112	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.226
113	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.224
=114	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.222
=114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.222
116	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.216
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.214
118	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.213
119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.210
=120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.205
=120	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.205
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.199
=123	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.197
=123	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.197
=125	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.196
=125	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.196
=127	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.193
=127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.193
129	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.190
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.188
131	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.186
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.178
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.171
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.169
135	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.166
136	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.165
137	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.163
138	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.160
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.159
=140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.157
=140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.157
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.155
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.154
144	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.153
=145	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.147
=145	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.147
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.146
148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.133
=149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.125
=149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
151	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.124
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.117
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.114
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.112
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.109
156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.108
157	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.106
158	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.105
159	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.102
160	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.100
=161	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.098
=161	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.098
=161	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.098
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.095
165	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.093
166	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
=167	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.086
=167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.086
169	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.073
=170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.071
=170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.071
172	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.063
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.044
174	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.043
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.037

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.867
2Sweden0.866
3Norway0.851
4Germany0.839
5Belgium0.824

Lowest

175Afghanistan0.037
174Somalia0.043
173Sudan0.044
172Angola0.063
170Eswatinishared0.071

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.300. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 175 in both
88 · 60rose · fell
27unchanged

Rose most

Croatia0.347 → 0.621+0.274
Niger0.229 → 0.372+0.143
Taiwan0.541 → 0.668+0.127
Timor-Leste0.081 → 0.165+0.084
Peru0.175 → 0.249+0.074

Fell most

Fiji0.349 → 0.251−0.098
Venezuela0.474 → 0.402−0.072
Solomon Islands0.309 → 0.238−0.071
North Macedonia0.406 → 0.336−0.070
Mongolia0.598 → 0.541−0.057

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 2000.
150 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.346. 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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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2000). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2000

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