Data for 2015

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2015

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2015
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2015, 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, 2015 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.884; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.036. The middle country reads 0.331. Against 2014, 151 values changed (69 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2015

HighestDenmark

0.884

LowestSouth Sudan

0.036

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

176countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.884
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.861
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.850
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.837
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.835
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.827
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.823
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.815
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.808
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.802
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.801
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.799
13	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.796
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.795
15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.794
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.788
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.786
18	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.785
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.784
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.778
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.777
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.769
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.768
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.757
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.756
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.747
=27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.738
=27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.738
=29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.728
=29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.728
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.726
32	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.709
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.678
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.671
=35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.665
=35	Chile`CHL`South America	0.665
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.656
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.654
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.639
40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.635
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.608
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.606
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.605
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.603
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.601
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.597
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.596
48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.585
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.560
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.554
51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.543
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.537
53	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.531
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.528
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.519
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.516
57	Peru`PER`South America	0.508
=58	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.497
=58	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.497
=60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.485
=60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.485
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.472
63	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.470
64	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.467
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.465
66	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.463
67	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.438
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.435
69	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.434
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.427
71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.420
72	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.417
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.416
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.414
75	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.405
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.396
77	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.392
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.388
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.377
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.374
81	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.367
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.361
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.355
84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.348
85	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.347
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.343
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.338
88	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.333
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.329
90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.322
91	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.321
92	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.318
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.316
94	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.312
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.309
96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.308
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.303
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.301
99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.300
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.295
=101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.294
=101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.294
=103	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.292
=103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.292
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.289
106	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.283
107	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.282
108	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.281
=109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.278
=109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.278
111	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.271
112	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.270
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.264
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.249
115	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.248
116	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.244
117	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.238
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.237
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.236
120	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.235
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.227
122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.224
123	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.222
=124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.210
=124	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.210
126	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.205
=127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.201
=127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.201
=129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.200
=129	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.200
131	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.199
132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.198
133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.192
134	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.188
135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.187
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.184
137	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.180
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.179
139	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.178
=140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.177
=140	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.177
142	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.176
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.166
144	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.163
145	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.157
146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.155
147	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.150
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.149
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.148
150	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.147
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.142
=152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.134
=152	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.134
154	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.130
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.126
156	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.120
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.117
=158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.114
=158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.114
=160	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.103
=160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.103
162	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.101
163	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.099
=164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.098
=164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.098
166	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.095
167	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.093
168	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.086
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.085
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.080
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.066
173	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.062
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.059
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.046
176	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.036

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.884
2Norway0.861
3Sweden0.850
4Switzerland0.837
5Belgium0.835

Lowest

176South Sudan0.036
175Yemen0.046
174Sudan0.059
173Somalia0.062
172Syria0.066

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.331. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 176 in both
69 · 82rose · fell
25unchanged

Rose most

Fiji0.200 → 0.289+0.089
Sri Lanka0.285 → 0.361+0.076
Guyana0.424 → 0.463+0.039
Kosovo0.397 → 0.434+0.037
Namibia0.437 → 0.472+0.035

Fell most

Burkina Faso0.376 → 0.264−0.112
India0.374 → 0.318−0.056
Yemen0.095 → 0.046−0.049
Maldives0.276 → 0.235−0.041
Moldova0.466 → 0.427−0.039

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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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 2015.
160 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.738. 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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