Data for 2011

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2011

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2011 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.883; Somalia is lowest, at 0.053. The middle country reads 0.344. Against 2010, 128 values changed (76 up, 52 down), 1 country joined.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2011

HighestDenmark

0.883

LowestSomalia

0.053

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

176countries
1measure
2011the 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, 2011, 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, 2011: 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	0.862
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.841
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.840
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.829
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.824
=8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.822
=8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.822
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.817
11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.814
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.813
13	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.811
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.809
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.803
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.801
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.797
=18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.795
=18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.795
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.789
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.787
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.786
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.784
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.778
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.774
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.772
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.765
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.741
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.728
30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.726
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.716
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.710
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.702
34	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.697
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.685
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.684
37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.676
38	Chile`CHL`South America	0.664
=39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.656
=39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.656
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.635
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.630
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.621
44	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.615
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.612
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.597
47	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.589
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.583
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.561
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.556
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.541
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.533
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.531
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.528
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.525
56	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.507
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.504
58	Peru`PER`South America	0.501
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.487
60	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.481
61	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.472
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.471
=63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.468
=63	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.468
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.463
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.455
67	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.444
68	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.424
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.423
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.418
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.414
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.410
73	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.408
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.407
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.402
=76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.400
=76	Colombia`COL`South America	0.400
=78	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.399
=78	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.399
=80	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.393
=80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.393
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.387
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.385
84	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.378
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.360
86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.355
87	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.347
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.345
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.342
90	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.336
91	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.330
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.325
=93	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.323
=93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.323
95	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.322
=96	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.316
=96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.316
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.309
99	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.302
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.301
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.296
102	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.291
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.290
104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.285
=105	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.283
=105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.283
=105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.283
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.281
109	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.279
110	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.278
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.274
112	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.272
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.271
114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.265
115	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.263
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.259
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.250
118	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.247
=119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.242
=119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.242
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.237
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.232
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.225
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.215
125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.211
=126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.210
=126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.210
128	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.203
129	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.199
=130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.197
=130	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.197
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.195
=133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.192
=133	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.192
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.189
136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.181
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.179
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.178
=139	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.177
=139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.177
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.174
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.172
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.168
144	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.166
145	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.164
146	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.162
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.160
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.148
149	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.145
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.143
=151	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.139
=151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.139
153	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.138
=154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.128
=154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.128
156	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.127
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.126
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.119
159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.115
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.114
161	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.113
162	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.107
=163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.105
=163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.105
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.101
166	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.099
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.098
=168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.095
=168	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.095
=170	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.094
=170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.094
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
173	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.086
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.065
175	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.056
176	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.053

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.883
2Sweden0.870
3Norway0.862
4Belgium0.841
5Germany0.840

Lowest

176Somalia0.053
175South Sudan0.056
174Sudan0.065
173Eswatini0.086
172North Korea0.088

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.344. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 175 in both
76 · 52rose · fell
47unchanged

Rose most

Niger0.244 → 0.393+0.149
Tunisia0.203 → 0.309+0.106
Kyrgyzstan0.264 → 0.323+0.059
Moldova0.457 → 0.507+0.050
Libya0.124 → 0.166+0.042

Fell most

North Macedonia0.377 → 0.345−0.032
Hungary0.645 → 0.615−0.030
Benin0.499 → 0.471−0.028
Bahrain0.152 → 0.126−0.026
Canada0.699 → 0.676−0.023

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
155 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.283. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2011). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2011

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