Data for 2025

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2025

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.876; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.016. The middle country reads 0.321. Against 2024, 163 values changed (69 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2025

HighestDenmark

0.876

LowestAfghanistan

0.016

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

176countries
1measure
2025the 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, 2025, 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, 2025: 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	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.821
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.820
=5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.810
=5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.810
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.802
8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.775
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.767
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.766
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.762
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.758
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.739
14	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.730
15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.728
=16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.726
=16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.726
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.723
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.721
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.712
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.707
22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.702
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.695
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.694
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.693
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.686
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.684
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.676
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.671
30	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.661
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.658
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.652
=33	Chile`CHL`South America	0.640
=33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.640
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.632
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.626
37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.614
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.612
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.604
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.600
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.587
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.576
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.566
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.565
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.557
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.549
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.543
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.540
49	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.518
50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.501
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.500
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.493
53	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.491
54	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.490
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.480
56	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.473
57	United States`USA`Northern America	0.472
58	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.463
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.460
60	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.459
61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.453
62	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.452
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.448
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.442
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.440
66	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.439
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.424
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.422
=69	Colombia`COL`South America	0.405
=69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.405
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.394
72	Peru`PER`South America	0.388
73	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.387
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.386
75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.382
=76	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.380
=76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.380
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.373
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.371
=80	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.370
=80	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.370
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.359
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.351
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.347
85	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.345
86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.338
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.336
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.323
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.318
=90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.317
=90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.317
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.311
93	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.301
94	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.296
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.276
96	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.268
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.266
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.265
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.256
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.254
101	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.252
102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.248
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.247
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.246
=105	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.241
=105	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.241
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.237
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.235
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.228
110	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.224
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.222
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.219
113	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.214
114	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.211
115	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.208
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.207
117	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.204
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.203
119	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.201
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.197
=121	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.193
=121	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.193
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.188
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.178
125	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.174
=126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.171
=126	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.171
=126	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.171
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.170
130	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.169
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.167
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.163
133	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.161
=134	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.157
=134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.157
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.153
137	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.152
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.149
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.142
140	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.139
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.135
142	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.130
143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.129
144	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.127
145	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.126
146	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.125
=147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.124
=147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.124
=149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.123
=149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.123
151	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.115
=152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.114
=152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.114
154	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.113
=155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.108
=155	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.108
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.107
158	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.106
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.101
160	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.099
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.096
162	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.093
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.087
164	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.085
=165	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.084
=165	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.084
167	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.080
=168	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.078
=168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.078
170	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.077
171	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.076
172	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.060
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.057
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.033
175	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.032
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.016

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.876
2Norway0.844
3Belgium0.821
4Switzerland0.820
5Estoniashared0.810

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.016
175South Sudan0.032
174Yemen0.033
173Myanmar0.057
172Tajikistan0.060

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.321. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 176 in both
69 · 94rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius0.382 → 0.576+0.194
Sri Lanka0.481 → 0.587+0.106
South Korea0.618 → 0.712+0.094
Syria0.077 → 0.126+0.049
Botswana0.432 → 0.480+0.048

Fell most

United States0.612 → 0.472−0.140
Portugal0.689 → 0.614−0.075
Zambia0.330 → 0.266−0.064
United Kingdom0.675 → 0.612−0.063
Georgia0.374 → 0.311−0.063

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 2025.
158 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.171. 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 (2025). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2025

0636 held

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07Questions