Data for 2020

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2020

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2020
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2020 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.876; Yemen is lowest, at 0.021. The middle country reads 0.341. Against 2019, 167 values changed (67 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2020

HighestDenmark

0.876

LowestYemen

0.021

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

176countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
163distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.876
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.844
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.838
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.828
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.824
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.813
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.806
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.803
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.802
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.801
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.788
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.783
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.782
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.780
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.775
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.774
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.768
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.767
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.764
20	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.756
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.755
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.740
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.737
24	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.735
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.718
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.716
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.713
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.704
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.701
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.697
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.683
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.676
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.671
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.658
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.657
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.653
37	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.641
38	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.628
=39	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.625
=39	United States`USA`Northern America	0.625
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.621
42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.604
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.601
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.600
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.596
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.579
47	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.574
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.541
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.540
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.535
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.530
52	Peru`PER`South America	0.517
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.515
54	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.510
55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.506
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.494
57	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.493
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.492
59	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.470
=60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.463
=60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.463
62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.451
63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.447
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.438
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.435
66	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.426
67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.424
68	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.423
69	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.416
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.409
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.407
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.404
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.401
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.397
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.396
76	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.393
77	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.387
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.385
79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.383
80	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.379
81	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.373
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.367
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.365
84	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.362
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.360
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.353
=87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.349
=87	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.349
89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.333
90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.329
91	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.326
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.325
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.324
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.321
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.317
96	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.308
97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.306
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.304
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.290
100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.289
101	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.288
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.279
103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.274
104	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.269
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.260
106	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.258
=107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.247
=107	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.247
=107	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.247
110	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.246
111	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.245
112	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.244
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.242
114	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.240
115	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.233
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.224
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.223
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.221
119	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.220
120	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.219
121	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.214
122	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.213
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.206
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.205
=125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.204
=125	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.204
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.203
=128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.199
=128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.199
130	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.194
131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.193
=132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.191
=132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.191
134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.184
135	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.182
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.179
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.176
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.175
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.172
140	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.171
141	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.170
=142	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.159
=142	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.159
=144	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.157
=144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.157
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.153
147	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.143
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.141
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.134
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.132
151	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.128
152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.127
153	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.126
154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.123
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.120
=156	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.115
=156	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.115
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.114
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.113
=160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.106
=160	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.106
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.104
163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.101
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.098
165	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.095
=166	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.090
=166	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.090
168	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.082
170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.081
171	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.073
172	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.068
173	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.066
174	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.058
175	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.037
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.021

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.876
2Norway0.844
3Switzerland0.838
4Belgium0.828
5Sweden0.824

Lowest

176Yemen0.021
175South Sudan0.037
174Syria0.058
173Sudan0.066
172Tajikistan0.068

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.341. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 176 in both
67 · 100rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Moldova0.428 → 0.492+0.064
Dominican Republic0.295 → 0.353+0.058
Romania0.552 → 0.601+0.049
Malawi0.269 → 0.317+0.048
Seychelles0.500 → 0.535+0.035

Fell most

Mauritius0.567 → 0.435−0.132
Slovenia0.718 → 0.621−0.097
Bolivia0.294 → 0.199−0.095
Greece0.739 → 0.671−0.068
Poland0.595 → 0.530−0.065

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 2020.
163 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.247. 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 (2020). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2020

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