Data for 2024

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2024

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2024 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.880; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.028. The middle country reads 0.330. Against 2023, 169 values changed (69 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2024

HighestDenmark

0.880

LowestAfghanistan

0.028

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

176countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: 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	0.824
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.820
5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.805
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.803
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.794
=8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.783
=8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.783
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.764
=11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.762
=11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.762
13	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.752
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.745
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.728
=16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.724
=16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.724
18	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.723
19	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.722
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.703
21	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.699
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.696
=23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.694
=23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.694
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.693
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.689
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.687
=28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.681
=28	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.681
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.675
=31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.650
=31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.650
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.647
=34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.635
=34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.635
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.630
37	Chile`CHL`South America	0.625
38	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.623
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.618
=40	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.612
=40	United States`USA`Northern America	0.612
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.582
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.576
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.569
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.568
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.559
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.556
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.544
=49	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.512
=49	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.512
51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.508
52	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.499
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.493
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.482
55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.481
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.478
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.474
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.471
59	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.461
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.459
61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.448
=62	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.443
=62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.443
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.442
=65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.433
=65	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.433
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.432
68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.425
69	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.400
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.399
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.385
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.382
=73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.380
=73	Peru`PER`South America	0.380
75	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.377
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.376
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.374
78	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.373
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.368
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.367
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.366
82	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.360
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.357
84	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.352
85	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.343
=86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.339
=86	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.339
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.330
89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.329
90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.326
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.322
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.313
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.305
94	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.300
=95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.298
=95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.298
97	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.290
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.283
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.278
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.276
101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.269
102	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.256
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.252
104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.247
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.241
106	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.240
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.238
108	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.237
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.228
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.223
111	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.221
=112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.216
=112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.216
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.214
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.213
116	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.211
117	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.205
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.204
119	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.203
120	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.201
121	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.200
122	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.198
123	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.196
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.195
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.192
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.184
127	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.180
128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.179
129	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.176
130	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.175
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.174
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.171
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.164
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.163
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.161
136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.158
137	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.152
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.151
139	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.150
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.142
141	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.140
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.139
143	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.132
=144	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.129
=144	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.129
=146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.128
=146	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.128
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.126
149	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.125
150	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.122
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.115
=152	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.114
=152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.114
154	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.113
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.110
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.108
157	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.107
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.101
159	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.100
160	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.094
161	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.090
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.088
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.087
164	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.085
165	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.083
166	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.080
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.077
168	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.076
169	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.075
170	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.074
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.070
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.061
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.057
174	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.050
175	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.033
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.028

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.880
2Norway0.843
3Belgium0.824
4Switzerland0.820
5Estonia0.805

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.028
175Yemen0.033
174South Sudan0.050
173Myanmar0.057
172Sudan0.061

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.330. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
169values changed, of 176 in both
69 · 100rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Poland0.520 → 0.635+0.115
Sri Lanka0.401 → 0.481+0.080
Guatemala0.228 → 0.298+0.070
Thailand0.191 → 0.237+0.046
Fiji0.351 → 0.377+0.026

Fell most

Argentina0.661 → 0.544−0.117
Georgia0.477 → 0.374−0.103
Moldova0.565 → 0.493−0.072
Slovakia0.653 → 0.582−0.071
Niger0.286 → 0.221−0.065

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

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 2024.
158 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.783. 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 (2024). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2024

0636 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions