Data for 2021

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2021

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2021
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2021, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2021 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.877; Yemen is lowest, at 0.021. The middle country reads 0.339. Against 2020, 162 values changed (60 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2021

HighestDenmark

0.877

LowestYemen

0.021

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

176countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.877
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.846
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.831
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.828
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.823
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.816
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.811
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.802
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.794
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.788
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.784
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.782
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.776
14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.771
15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.765
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.759
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.757
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.754
=19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.751
=19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.751
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.742
22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.737
23	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.724
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.714
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.711
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.706
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.704
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.702
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.693
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.689
=31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.679
=31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.679
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.672
34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.657
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.655
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.644
37	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.621
38	Chile`CHL`South America	0.616
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.610
40	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.603
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.601
42	United States`USA`Northern America	0.600
=43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.592
=43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.592
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.590
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.579
47	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.573
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.563
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.541
50	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.537
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.516
=52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.506
=52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.506
54	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.489
55	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.488
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.485
57	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.484
58	Peru`PER`South America	0.481
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.467
60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.463
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.460
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.454
63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.443
64	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.435
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.428
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.421
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.413
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.408
69	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.407
70	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.400
=71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.399
=71	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.399
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.397
=74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.395
=74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.395
76	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.394
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.392
78	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.391
79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.384
=80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.376
=80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.376
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.367
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.366
84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.364
=85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.360
=85	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.360
87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.354
88	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.347
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.331
90	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.330
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.329
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.326
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.323
94	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.322
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.321
96	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.310
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.303
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.296
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.294
100	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.285
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.279
102	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.278
=103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.274
=103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.274
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.262
106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.260
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.258
108	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.250
109	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.248
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.247
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.238
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.234
113	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.233
114	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.232
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.230
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.224
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.221
118	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.216
119	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.207
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.203
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.201
=122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.199
=122	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.199
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.197
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.193
126	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.192
127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.191
=128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.188
=128	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.188
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.187
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.183
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.182
133	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.177
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.176
135	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.175
136	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.166
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.165
138	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.163
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.162
140	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.160
=141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.153
=141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.153
143	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.152
=144	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.150
=144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.150
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.140
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.137
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.128
=149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.122
=149	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.122
151	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.121
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.117
153	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.115
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.113
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.111
156	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.108
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.106
=158	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.105
=158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.105
=160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.101
=160	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.101
162	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.095
163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.092
164	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.091
165	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.088
166	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.086
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.081
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.079
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.075
170	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.074
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.069
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.063
173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.058
174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.055
175	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.028
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.021

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.877
2Norway0.846
3Switzerland0.831
4Belgium0.828
5Sweden0.823

Lowest

176Yemen0.021
175South Sudan0.028
174Afghanistan0.055
173Syria0.058
172Myanmar0.063

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.339. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 176 in both
60 · 102rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia0.199 → 0.399+0.200
Moldova0.492 → 0.592+0.100
Zambia0.206 → 0.274+0.068
Bulgaria0.451 → 0.506+0.055
Malawi0.317 → 0.360+0.043

Fell most

Myanmar0.240 → 0.063−0.177
Afghanistan0.179 → 0.055−0.124
Tunisia0.574 → 0.454−0.120
Mali0.269 → 0.176−0.093
Romania0.601 → 0.541−0.060

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

Read before you use

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 2021.
160 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.751. 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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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2021). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2021

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07Questions