Data for 2012

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2012

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's Egalitarian Democracy Index asks whether rights and freedoms are protected equally for every social group, whether groups have equal access to political power, and whether the means of using them — such as education and health care — are shared equally, on top of genuine elections. It runs from 0 to 1, and a higher figure is more democratic.

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2012 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.884; Somalia is lowest, at 0.057. The middle country reads 0.334. Against 2011, 145 values changed (69 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2012

HighestDenmark

0.884

LowestSomalia

0.057

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

176countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: 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	0.873
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.862
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.841
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.839
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.838
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.826
=8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.822
=8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.822
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.817
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.812
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.811
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.808
14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.803
=15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.801
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.801
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.799
=18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.797
=18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.797
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.790
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.789
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.788
=23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.774
=23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.774
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.769
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.763
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.745
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.743
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.726
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.725
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.714
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.711
33	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.697
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.688
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.686
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.684
37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.674
38	Chile`CHL`South America	0.669
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.656
40	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.648
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.632
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.629
43	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.626
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.618
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.615
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.612
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.606
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.595
49	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.590
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.566
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.559
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.539
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.537
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.533
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.522
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.519
=57	Peru`PER`South America	0.514
=57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.514
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.501
60	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.483
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.481
62	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.478
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.470
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.461
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.457
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.456
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.453
68	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.443
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.431
70	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.421
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.417
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.411
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.409
74	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.408
75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.407
76	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.405
=77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.398
=77	Colombia`COL`South America	0.398
=77	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.398
80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.391
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.386
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.385
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.377
84	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.368
85	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.354
86	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.350
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.337
88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.336
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.331
=90	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.328
=90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.328
92	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.327
=93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.320
=93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.320
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.316
96	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.312
97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.310
98	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.302
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.300
=100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.294
=100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.294
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.293
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.289
=104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.288
=104	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.288
106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.287
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.283
=108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.279
=108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.279
110	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.278
111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.270
112	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.268
113	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.266
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.264
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.260
116	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.259
117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.258
=118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.242
=118	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.242
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.240
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.233
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.229
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.216
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.214
125	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.213
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.208
127	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.206
128	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.200
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.199
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.195
131	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.193
132	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.191
=133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.190
=133	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.190
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.189
=136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.182
=136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.182
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.180
139	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.177
140	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.176
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.175
142	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.174
=143	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.171
=143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.171
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.168
146	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.167
=147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.161
=147	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.161
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.150
150	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.146
151	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.142
=152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.141
=152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.141
154	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.137
=155	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.130
=155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.130
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.129
158	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.126
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.124
160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.117
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.114
162	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.113
=163	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.105
=163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.105
165	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.104
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.101
167	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.098
=168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.095
=168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.095
170	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.094
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
172	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.086
173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.081
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.064
175	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.058
176	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.057

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.884
2Sweden0.873
3Norway0.862
4Belgium0.841
5Switzerland0.839

Lowest

176Somalia0.057
175South Sudan0.058
174Sudan0.064
173Syria0.081
172Eswatini0.086

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.334. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 176 in both
69 · 76rose · fell
31unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia0.309 → 0.626+0.317
Libya0.166 → 0.259+0.093
Niger0.393 → 0.443+0.050
Myanmar0.138 → 0.171+0.033
Egypt0.099 → 0.130+0.031

Fell most

Mali0.410 → 0.270−0.140
Nepal0.402 → 0.310−0.092
Guinea-Bissau0.242 → 0.190−0.052
Maldives0.444 → 0.407−0.037
Paraguay0.296 → 0.260−0.036

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 2012.
155 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.398. 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 (2012). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2012

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