Data for 2010

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2010

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2010
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2010 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.883; Somalia is lowest, at 0.048. The middle country reads 0.340. Against 2009, 151 values changed (91 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2010

HighestDenmark

0.883

LowestSomalia

0.048

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

175countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: 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	0.870
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.863
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.841
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.836
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.827
=7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.822
=7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.822
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.821
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.817
11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.816
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.812
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.811
14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.806
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.805
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.803
17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.800
=18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.795
=18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.795
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.790
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.789
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.788
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.784
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.782
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.776
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.772
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.766
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.741
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.728
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.727
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.716
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.702
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.700
34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.699
35	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.698
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.683
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.666
38	Chile`CHL`South America	0.659
=39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.656
=39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.656
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.645
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.631
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.629
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.618
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.612
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.596
47	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.589
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.587
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.557
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.556
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.538
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.536
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.532
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.529
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.522
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.504
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.499
58	Peru`PER`South America	0.494
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.487
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.481
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.470
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.468
63	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.465
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.460
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.459
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.457
67	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.427
68	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.424
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.418
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.415
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.412
=72	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.410
=72	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.410
74	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.408
=75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.401
=75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.401
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.399
78	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.398
79	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.393
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.385
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.381
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.377
83	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.376
84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.373
85	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.362
86	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.352
87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.349
88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.340
89	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.332
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.330
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.326
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.325
=93	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.320
=93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.320
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.311
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.299
97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.294
98	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.291
=99	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.286
=99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.286
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.285
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.284
103	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.281
104	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.279
=105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.277
=105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.277
107	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.274
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.270
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.268
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.264
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.263
112	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.262
113	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.261
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.251
115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.247
116	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.246
117	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.244
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.242
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.240
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.236
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.232
122	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.227
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.222
=124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.211
=124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.211
=126	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.209
=126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.209
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.204
129	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.203
130	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.200
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.197
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.196
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.191
134	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.188
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.184
136	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.182
=137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.179
=137	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.179
139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.174
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.173
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.172
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.170
=143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.162
=143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.162
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.159
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.155
147	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.153
148	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.152
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.151
150	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.145
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.144
152	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.140
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.129
154	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.127
155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.125
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.124
=157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.114
=157	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.114
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.112
160	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.106
=161	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.105
=161	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.105
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.103
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.102
=165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.101
=165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.101
=167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.095
=167	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.095
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.094
170	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.091
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
172	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.076
173	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.073
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.070
175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.048

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.883
2Sweden0.870
3Norway0.863
4Belgium0.841
5Germany0.836

Lowest

175Somalia0.048
174Sudan0.070
173Angola0.073
172Eswatini0.076
171North Korea0.088

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.340. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 175 in both
91 · 60rose · fell
24unchanged

Rose most

Moldova0.347 → 0.457+0.110
Croatia0.651 → 0.702+0.051
Kyrgyzstan0.216 → 0.264+0.048
Mauritania0.174 → 0.211+0.037
Philippines0.239 → 0.270+0.031

Fell most

Ukraine0.417 → 0.330−0.087
Niger0.314 → 0.244−0.070
Hungary0.698 → 0.645−0.053
Burundi0.238 → 0.209−0.029
Bolivia0.492 → 0.470−0.022

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 2010.
159 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.822. 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 (2010). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2010

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