Data for 2014

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2014

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2014 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.885; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.038. The middle country reads 0.336. Against 2013, 139 values changed (56 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2014

HighestDenmark

0.885

LowestSouth Sudan

0.038

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

176countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.885
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.858
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.857
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.840
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.835
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.828
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.823
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.821
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.813
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.811
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.808
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.806
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.796
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.793
=15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.790
=15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.790
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.788
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.787
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.783
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.782
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.777
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.772
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.768
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.764
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.751
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.742
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.734
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.733
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.730
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.726
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.722
32	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.711
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.679
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.675
=35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.673
=35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.673
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.665
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.653
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.644
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.637
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.626
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.614
43	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.604
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.598
=45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.597
=45	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.597
47	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.594
48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.587
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.555
50	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.546
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.545
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.534
=53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.524
=53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.524
=55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.523
=55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.523
57	Peru`PER`South America	0.515
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.513
59	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.505
60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.504
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.490
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.471
=63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.466
=63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.466
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.460
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.442
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.437
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.428
=69	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.424
=69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.424
71	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.422
72	Colombia`COL`South America	0.409
73	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.406
74	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.402
75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.397
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.396
77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.394
78	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.393
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.377
=80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.376
=80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.376
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.374
83	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.366
84	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.350
85	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.348
86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.347
87	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.341
88	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.338
=89	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.334
=89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.334
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.324
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.319
=93	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.315
=93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.315
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.311
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.310
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.307
98	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.306
99	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.304
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.302
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.300
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.299
103	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.293
=104	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.292
=104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.292
=106	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.285
=106	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.285
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.283
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.278
110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.276
111	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.268
112	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.265
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.255
114	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.249
=115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.244
=115	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.244
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.237
118	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.234
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.227
=120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.223
=120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.223
=122	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.221
=122	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.221
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.207
125	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.206
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.201
=127	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.200
=127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.200
=127	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.200
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.198
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.193
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.192
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.186
134	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.185
135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.183
136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.180
137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.179
=138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.178
=138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.178
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.176
141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.175
142	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.172
143	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.165
144	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.163
145	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.157
146	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.156
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.155
148	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.153
149	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.150
=150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.147
=150	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.147
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.143
153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.137
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.132
155	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.130
=156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.124
=156	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.124
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.115
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.114
=160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.103
=160	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.103
=162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.101
=162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.101
164	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.099
=165	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.097
=165	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.097
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.095
168	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.094
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.093
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.085
172	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.079
173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.067
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.057
175	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.056
176	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.038

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.885
2Sweden0.858
3Norway0.857
4Switzerland0.840
5Belgium0.835

Lowest

176South Sudan0.038
175Somalia0.056
174Sudan0.057
173Syria0.067
172Egypt0.079

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.336. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
139values changed, of 176 in both
56 · 83rose · fell
37unchanged

Rose most

Nepal0.230 → 0.428+0.198
Mali0.239 → 0.348+0.109
Madagascar0.126 → 0.223+0.097
Guinea-Bissau0.188 → 0.255+0.067
Kosovo0.349 → 0.397+0.048

Fell most

Thailand0.269 → 0.147−0.122
Libya0.306 → 0.185−0.121
Hungary0.561 → 0.505−0.056
Bangladesh0.162 → 0.124−0.038
Serbia0.386 → 0.350−0.036

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 2014.
153 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.200. 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 (2014). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2014

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