Data for 2022

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2022

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2022 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.878; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.020. The middle country reads 0.340. Against 2021, 169 values changed (63 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2022

HighestDenmark

0.878

LowestAfghanistan

0.020

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

176countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.878
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.845
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.829
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.828
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.813
=6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.811
=6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.811
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.794
=9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.784
=9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.784
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.769
=12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.767
=12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.767
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.762
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.761
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.760
=17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.752
=17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.752
19	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.743
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.739
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.732
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.725
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.724
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.713
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.705
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.701
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.696
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.694
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.686
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.679
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.677
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.675
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.670
=34	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.654
=34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.654
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.650
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.649
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.644
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.624
40	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.610
41	Chile`CHL`South America	0.608
42	United States`USA`Northern America	0.606
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.605
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.577
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.574
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.571
47	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.554
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.552
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.544
50	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.519
51	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.515
52	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.510
53	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.499
54	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.492
55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.490
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.482
57	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.476
58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.471
=59	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.455
=59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.455
61	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.444
62	Peru`PER`South America	0.442
63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.440
64	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.429
65	Colombia`COL`South America	0.426
66	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.412
67	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.409
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.407
69	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.404
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.400
71	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.395
72	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.393
73	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.391
74	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.389
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.388
=76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.385
=76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.385
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.379
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.375
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.373
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.369
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.366
83	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.361
84	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.357
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.347
86	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.345
87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.344
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.343
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.337
90	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.328
91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.317
=92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.316
=92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.316
94	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.315
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.314
96	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.306
97	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.295
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.289
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.274
100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.272
=101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.270
=101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.270
103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.269
104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.266
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.261
106	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.256
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.253
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.242
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.238
110	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.231
111	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.229
112	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.228
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.227
114	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.224
115	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.219
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.216
117	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.215
118	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.214
=119	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.206
=119	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.206
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.204
=122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.202
=122	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.202
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.199
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.193
126	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.190
=127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.189
=127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.189
129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.188
130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.187
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.180
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.179
133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.178
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.171
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.169
136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.166
137	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.162
=138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.158
=138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.158
=138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.158
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.156
142	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.155
143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.149
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.139
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.137
146	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.134
147	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.131
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.130
149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.127
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.125
151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.121
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.120
153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.109
=154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.106
=154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.106
=154	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.106
=157	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.103
=157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.103
=157	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.103
160	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.099
161	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.092
162	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.091
163	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.087
=164	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.083
=164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.083
166	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.082
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.076
168	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.068
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.066
170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.065
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.059
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.058
173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.056
174	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.032
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.021
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.020

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.878
2Norway0.845
3Switzerland0.829
4Belgium0.828
5Sweden0.813

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.020
175Yemen0.021
174South Sudan0.032
173Syria0.056
172Sudan0.058

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.340. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
169values changed, of 176 in both
63 · 106rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Slovenia0.590 → 0.705+0.115
Honduras0.152 → 0.261+0.109
Gambia0.360 → 0.429+0.069
Czechia0.704 → 0.769+0.065
Colombia0.364 → 0.426+0.062

Fell most

Burkina Faso0.400 → 0.227−0.173
Tunisia0.454 → 0.295−0.159
Guinea-Bissau0.310 → 0.224−0.086
Ukraine0.384 → 0.315−0.069
Canada0.711 → 0.644−0.067

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 2022.
157 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.158. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2022). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2022

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07Questions