Data for 2017

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2017

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2017
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2017, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2017 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.875; Yemen is lowest, at 0.022. The middle country reads 0.342. Against 2016, 164 values changed (66 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

0.875

LowestYemen

0.022

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

176countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.875
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.842
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.837
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.835
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.834
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.832
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.823
8	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.816
9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.813
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.809
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.808
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.806
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.804
14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.794
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.792
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.786
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.780
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.779
19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.778
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.761
=21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.749
=21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.749
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.748
24	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.747
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.743
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.740
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.735
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.731
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.729
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.724
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.712
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.700
33	Chile`CHL`South America	0.664
=34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.663
=34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.663
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.655
37	United States`USA`Northern America	0.653
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.633
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.631
=40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.628
=40	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.628
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.607
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.599
44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.581
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.580
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.577
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.569
48	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.552
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.550
50	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.538
51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.531
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.526
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.516
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.505
55	Peru`PER`South America	0.503
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.497
57	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.485
=58	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.482
=58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.482
60	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.481
61	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.480
62	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.479
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.474
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.470
65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.456
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.454
67	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.431
68	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.422
69	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.421
70	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.420
71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.416
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.411
=73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.408
=73	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.408
75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.406
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.393
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.390
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.387
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.386
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.378
81	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.377
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.376
83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.367
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.364
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.353
86	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.352
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.345
88	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.343
89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.340
=90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.333
=90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.333
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.328
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.323
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.322
95	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.314
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.313
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.309
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.306
99	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.300
=100	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.294
=100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.294
=100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.294
=103	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.293
=103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.293
105	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.287
106	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.282
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.276
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.270
109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.265
=110	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.259
=110	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.259
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.256
113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.251
114	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.250
115	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.249
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.248
117	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.244
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.239
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.233
120	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.232
=121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.227
=121	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.227
123	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.223
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.221
125	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.212
126	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.204
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.201
=128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.197
=128	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.197
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.191
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.185
=132	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.184
=132	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.184
=132	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.184
=132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.184
136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.183
137	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.182
138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.177
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.176
140	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.165
=141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.160
=141	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.160
=141	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.160
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.156
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.154
146	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.153
147	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.151
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.143
=149	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.140
=149	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.140
=149	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.140
152	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.135
153	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.133
154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.130
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.123
=156	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.111
=156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.111
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.110
159	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.108
160	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.106
=161	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.104
=161	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.104
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.103
=164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.098
=164	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.098
166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.096
167	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.095
168	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.093
169	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.091
170	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.076
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.073
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.070
173	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.069
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.066
175	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.031
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.022

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.875
2Norway0.842
3Switzerland0.837
4Sweden0.835
5Belgium0.834

Lowest

176Yemen0.022
175South Sudan0.031
174Sudan0.066
173Tajikistan0.069
172Syria0.070

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.342. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 176 in both
66 · 98rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Gambia0.178 → 0.340+0.162
South Korea0.608 → 0.735+0.127
North Macedonia0.314 → 0.376+0.062
Timor-Leste0.386 → 0.420+0.034
Côte d’Ivoire0.327 → 0.353+0.026

Fell most

United States0.708 → 0.653−0.055
Romania0.569 → 0.516−0.053
Lebanon0.305 → 0.256−0.049
Lesotho0.470 → 0.421−0.049
Hungary0.461 → 0.422−0.039

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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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 2017.
154 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.184. 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 (2017). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2017

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