Data for 2003

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2003

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2003
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2003 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.868; Somalia is lowest, at 0.043. The middle country reads 0.327. Against 2002, 123 values changed (72 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2003

HighestDenmark

0.868

LowestSomalia

0.043

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

175countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.868
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.867
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.853
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.836
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.825
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.820
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.816
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.809
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.804
10	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.802
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.798
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.797
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.796
14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.793
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.788
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.785
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.779
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.778
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.772
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.771
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.762
=22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.761
=22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.761
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.759
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.756
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.748
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.738
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.735
29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.734
=30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.702
=30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.702
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.683
=33	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.681
=33	United States`USA`Northern America	0.681
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.672
=36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.670
=36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.670
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.647
=39	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.636
=39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.636
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.627
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.624
43	Chile`CHL`South America	0.614
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.610
45	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.606
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.593
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.578
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.570
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.561
50	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.536
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.527
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.504
53	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.503
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.499
55	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.498
=56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.492
=56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.492
=58	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.481
=58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.481
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.479
61	Peru`PER`South America	0.476
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.472
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.464
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.450
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.448
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.445
67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.442
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.434
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.430
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.419
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.400
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.399
73	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.389
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.373
=75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.361
=75	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.361
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.359
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.352
=79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.350
=79	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.350
=81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.349
=81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.349
83	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.346
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.343
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.342
86	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.341
87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.334
88	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.327
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.323
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.322
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.317
92	Colombia`COL`South America	0.312
=93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.311
=93	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.311
95	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.307
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.304
97	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.303
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.292
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.287
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.284
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.283
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.278
103	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.274
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.273
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.272
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.263
107	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.260
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.255
109	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.246
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.242
111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.240
=112	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.234
=112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.234
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.233
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.232
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.231
117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.226
118	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.224
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.216
120	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.215
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.208
122	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.201
123	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.199
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.197
=125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.196
=125	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.196
=125	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.196
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.193
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.187
130	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.186
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.179
=132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.178
=132	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.178
=134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.177
=134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.177
=134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.177
137	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.171
=138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.166
=138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.166
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.162
=141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.158
=141	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.158
143	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.156
144	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.154
145	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.152
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.151
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.149
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.144
149	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.143
150	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.142
151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.139
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.138
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.132
154	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.130
155	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.129
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.119
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.116
159	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.112
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.108
=161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.106
=161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.106
163	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.102
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.101
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.100
166	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.099
167	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.097
168	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.090
169	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.086
171	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.072
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.071
173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.061
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.052
175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.043

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.868
2Sweden0.867
3Norway0.853
4Germany0.836
5Belgium0.825

Lowest

175Somalia0.043
174Sudan0.052
173Angola0.061
172Myanmar0.071
171Eswatini0.072

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.327. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 175 in both
72 · 51rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Fiji0.232 → 0.342+0.110
Lesotho0.421 → 0.498+0.077
North Macedonia0.390 → 0.450+0.060
Sierra Leone0.258 → 0.317+0.059
Kenya0.256 → 0.311+0.055

Fell most

Central African Republic0.205 → 0.156−0.049
Armenia0.323 → 0.292−0.031
Spain0.819 → 0.797−0.022
Nigeria0.261 → 0.242−0.019
Nepal0.219 → 0.201−0.018

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

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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 2003.
155 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.196. 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 (2003). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2003

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