Data for 2023

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2023

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2023
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2023 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.880; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.021. The middle country reads 0.343. Against 2022, 168 values changed (73 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2023

HighestDenmark

0.880

LowestAfghanistan

0.021

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

176countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
165distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.880
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.843
3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.828
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.815
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.807
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.806
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.803
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.794
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.784
10	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.779
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.767
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.761
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.759
=14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.755
=14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.755
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.751
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.749
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.738
19	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.731
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.728
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.727
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.722
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.714
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.699
25	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.698
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.697
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.693
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.683
29	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.681
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.674
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.665
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.664
33	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.661
34	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.655
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.653
36	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.648
37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.635
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.624
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.618
40	Chile`CHL`South America	0.613
41	United States`USA`Northern America	0.610
42	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.605
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.570
44	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.565
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.563
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.562
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.558
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.557
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.520
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.512
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.509
52	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.508
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.492
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.491
55	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.483
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.482
57	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.477
58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.472
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.458
=60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.457
=60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.457
62	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.453
=63	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.451
=63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.451
65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.442
66	Colombia`COL`South America	0.439
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.423
68	Peru`PER`South America	0.414
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.408
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.407
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.401
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.396
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.386
74	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.384
=75	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.382
=75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.382
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.377
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.373
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.370
80	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.367
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.362
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.357
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.355
=84	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.353
=84	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.353
86	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.351
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.349
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.347
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.339
90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.320
91	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.318
92	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.314
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.310
94	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.308
95	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.297
96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.295
97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.287
98	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.286
99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.280
100	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.277
101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.276
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.269
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.266
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.254
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.252
106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.250
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.247
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.240
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.234
110	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.232
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.228
=112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.224
=112	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.224
114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.221
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.217
116	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.211
117	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.210
118	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.205
=119	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.204
=119	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.204
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.203
=122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.201
=122	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.201
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.199
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.193
126	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.191
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.190
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.188
129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.187
130	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.181
131	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.179
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.175
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.172
134	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.165
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.163
136	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.161
=137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.156
=137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.156
139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.154
140	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.153
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.149
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.141
143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.140
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.139
145	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.130
146	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.129
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.128
=148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.127
=148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.127
150	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.122
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.118
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.117
=153	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.114
=153	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.114
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.113
156	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.109
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.106
158	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.104
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.103
160	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.101
161	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.100
162	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.098
163	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.091
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.086
165	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.084
166	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.082
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.072
168	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.068
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.067
170	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.065
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.059
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.057
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.056
174	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.044
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.039
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.021

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.880
2Norway0.843
3Belgium0.828
4Switzerland0.815
5Luxembourg0.807

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.021
175Yemen0.039
174South Sudan0.044
173Myanmar0.056
172Sudan0.057

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.343. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 176 in both
73 · 95rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Brazil0.400 → 0.557+0.157
Fiji0.270 → 0.351+0.081
Tunisia0.295 → 0.349+0.054
Montenegro0.440 → 0.492+0.052
Benin0.337 → 0.382+0.045

Fell most

South Korea0.696 → 0.618−0.078
Senegal0.519 → 0.457−0.062
Niger0.345 → 0.286−0.059
Armenia0.554 → 0.509−0.045
Malawi0.361 → 0.320−0.041

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 2023.
165 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.755. 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 (2023). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2023

0636 held

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07Questions