Data for 2008

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2008

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2008
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2008, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2008 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.883; Somalia is lowest, at 0.042. The middle country reads 0.335. Against 2007, 129 values changed (71 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2008

HighestDenmark

0.883

LowestSomalia

0.042

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

175countries
1measure
2008the 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.883
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	0.840
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.827
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.820
8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.819
=9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.817
=9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.817
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.811
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.810
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.809
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.808
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.801
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.796
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.795
18	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.792
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.791
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.783
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.780
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.779
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.777
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.771
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.764
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.753
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.745
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.737
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.726
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.719
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.703
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.702
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.699
34	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.689
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.679
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.676
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.659
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.656
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.654
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.647
41	Chile`CHL`South America	0.646
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.635
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.629
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.620
45	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.606
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.591
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.588
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.563
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.560
50	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.530
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.528
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.521
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.515
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.514
55	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.494
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.492
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.485
=58	Peru`PER`South America	0.484
=58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.484
60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.479
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.476
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.467
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.464
64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.458
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.454
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.437
67	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.419
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.418
69	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.417
=70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.415
=70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.415
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.409
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.404
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.402
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.397
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.396
=77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.393
=77	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.393
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.386
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.385
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.384
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.360
83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.359
84	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.349
85	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.348
86	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.345
87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.343
88	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.335
=89	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.333
=89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.333
91	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.331
92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.327
=93	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.323
=93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.323
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.320
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.303
=97	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.293
=97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.293
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.289
100	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.288
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.281
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.278
103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.275
104	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.272
=105	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.271
=105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.271
107	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.264
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.262
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.260
=110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.257
=110	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.257
112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.254
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.251
114	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.246
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.244
116	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.242
117	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.241
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.238
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.236
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.234
121	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.230
122	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.228
123	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.223
124	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.222
125	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.221
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.220
127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.211
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.207
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.199
130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.198
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.195
=132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.193
=132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.193
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.189
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.187
136	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.185
137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.182
138	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.179
139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.177
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.174
=141	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.173
=141	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.173
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.164
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.161
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.159
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.158
147	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.153
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.151
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.145
150	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.144
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.141
152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.139
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.131
154	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.128
=155	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.125
=155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.125
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.116
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.112
=159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.107
=159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.107
=159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.107
162	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.106
163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.104
164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.101
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.098
=166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.097
=166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.097
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.095
169	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.091
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	0.064
175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.042

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.883
2Sweden0.869
3Norway0.859
4Germany0.842
5Belgium0.840

Lowest

175Somalia0.042
174Angola0.064
173Sudan0.068
172Myanmar0.072
171Eswatini0.077

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.335. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 175 in both
71 · 58rose · fell
46unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan0.211 → 0.415+0.204
Nepal0.244 → 0.359+0.115
Thailand0.163 → 0.257+0.094
Maldives0.249 → 0.333+0.084
Paraguay0.243 → 0.289+0.046

Fell most

South Korea0.735 → 0.654−0.081
Kenya0.312 → 0.262−0.050
Türkiye0.442 → 0.396−0.046
North Macedonia0.433 → 0.404−0.029
Georgia0.442 → 0.415−0.027

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 2008.
160 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.107. 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 (2008). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2008

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