Data for 2007

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2007

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2007
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2007 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.884; Somalia is lowest, at 0.042. The middle country reads 0.327. Against 2006, 133 values changed (68 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2007

HighestDenmark

0.884

LowestSomalia

0.042

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

175countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
160distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.884
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.869
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.859
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.842
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.831
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.820
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.819
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.817
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.815
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.811
=11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.810
=11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.810
=13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.802
=13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.802
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.800
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.791
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.786
18	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.785
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.781
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.779
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.776
=22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.774
=22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.774
24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.770
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.769
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.753
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.742
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.737
29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.735
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.719
31	United States`USA`Northern America	0.718
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.704
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.696
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.686
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.673
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.671
37	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.658
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.657
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.648
40	Chile`CHL`South America	0.646
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.638
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.629
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.626
=44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.620
=44	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.620
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.591
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.580
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.559
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.557
50	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.538
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.533
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.529
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.516
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.504
55	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.488
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.486
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.483
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.481
=59	Peru`PER`South America	0.480
=59	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.480
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.476
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.467
63	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.463
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.458
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.444
=66	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.442
=66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.442
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.434
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.433
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.429
71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.427
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.416
73	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.414
=74	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.402
=74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.402
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.388
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.385
=78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.384
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.384
80	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.372
81	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.364
82	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.351
83	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.349
84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.346
85	Colombia`COL`South America	0.340
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.333
87	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.331
88	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.327
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.326
90	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.323
91	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.312
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.311
93	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.306
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.305
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.295
96	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.291
97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.288
98	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.287
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.281
=100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.280
=100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.280
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.276
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.274
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.264
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.262
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.257
107	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.249
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.247
=109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.244
=109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.244
=111	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.243
=111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.243
113	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.242
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.241
=115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.239
=115	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.239
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.238
=118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.237
=118	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.237
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.232
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.230
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.228
123	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.224
124	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.223
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.215
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.211
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.210
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.204
129	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.198
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.197
=131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.195
=131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.195
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.194
134	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.187
135	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.185
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.182
137	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.181
138	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.178
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.174
140	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.173
141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.170
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.165
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.164
144	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.163
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.161
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.156
147	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.153
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.151
149	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.147
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.146
151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.139
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.133
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.126
=154	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
=154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.125
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.124
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.118
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.112
159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.107
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.106
161	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.105
162	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.104
163	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.103
164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.101
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.099
166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.098
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.097
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.095
169	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.090
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
171	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.077
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.072
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.068
174	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.061
175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.042

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.884
2Sweden0.869
3Norway0.859
4Germany0.842
5Belgium0.831

Lowest

175Somalia0.042
174Angola0.061
173Sudan0.068
172Myanmar0.072
171Eswatini0.077

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

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
133values changed, of 175 in both
68 · 65rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania0.136 → 0.210+0.074
Solomon Islands0.285 → 0.327+0.042
DR Congo0.156 → 0.194+0.038
United States0.681 → 0.718+0.037
Nepal0.213 → 0.244+0.031

Fell most

Fiji0.261 → 0.147−0.114
Bangladesh0.176 → 0.103−0.073
Nicaragua0.277 → 0.237−0.040
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.424 → 0.385−0.039
Lesotho0.498 → 0.463−0.035

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 2007.
160 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.810. 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 (2007). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2007

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