Data for 2003

Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2003

Name: Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2003
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's index of exclusion by socio-economic group asks how far poorer people are shut out: whether wealth decides who holds political power, whose civil liberties are respected, and who gets public services, state jobs and state business. It runs from 0 to 1, and a higher figure means more exclusion.

Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2003 covers 175 countries. Somalia is highest, at 0.955; Denmark is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.404. Against 2002, 22 values changed (5 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group · Data for 2003

HighestSomalia

0.955

LowestDenmark

0.010

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

175countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
162distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2003, 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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Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2003: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.955
2	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.920
3	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.909
4	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.894
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.891
6	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.888
7	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.887
8	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.879
9	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.871
10	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.863
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.853
12	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.843
13	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.838
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.817
15	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.814
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.811
17	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.810
18	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.793
19	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.787
20	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.777
21	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.770
22	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.765
23	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.760
24	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.754
25	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.749
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.714
=27	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.713
=27	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.713
29	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.711
30	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.704
31	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.699
32	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.698
33	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.674
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.668
35	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.666
36	Colombia`COL`South America	0.646
37	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.643
38	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.642
39	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.626
40	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.623
41	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.604
42	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.600
43	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.596
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.595
45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.594
46	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.584
47	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.583
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.575
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.574
50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.572
51	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.563
52	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.562
53	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.561
54	Peru`PER`South America	0.559
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.545
56	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.539
57	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.538
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.536
59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.527
60	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.526
61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.524
62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.521
63	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.513
64	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.512
65	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.508
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.501
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.499
=68	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.498
=68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.498
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.492
71	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.480
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.468
73	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.459
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.456
75	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.453
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.441
77	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.440
78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.437
79	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.435
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.432
81	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.424
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.423
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.417
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.411
85	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.410
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.405
=87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.404
=87	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.404
89	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.403
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.401
91	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.388
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.369
93	Chile`CHL`South America	0.360
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.359
95	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.358
96	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.353
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.350
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.349
99	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.347
100	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.341
=101	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.328
=101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.328
103	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.324
104	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.322
=105	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.318
=105	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.318
107	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.316
108	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.309
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.308
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.296
111	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.281
112	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.276
=113	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.271
=113	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.271
115	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.266
116	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.261
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.256
118	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.246
119	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.240
120	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.238
121	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.236
122	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.229
123	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.220
124	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.206
125	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.199
126	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.194
127	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.188
128	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.184
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.180
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.173
131	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.168
132	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.167
133	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.149
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.138
135	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.128
136	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.127
137	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.126
138	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.125
139	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.120
140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.118
141	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.106
142	United States`USA`Northern America	0.098
143	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.092
=144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.082
=144	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.082
=146	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.079
=146	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.079
=148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.078
=148	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.078
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.075
151	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.072
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.069
153	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.068
154	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.059
155	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.056
156	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.055
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.053
=158	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.052
=158	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.052
160	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.049
161	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.041
=162	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.038
=162	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.038
164	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.034
165	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.032
166	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.031
167	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.028
=168	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.026
=168	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.026
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.023
171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.020
172	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.017
=173	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.015
=173	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.015
175	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.010

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia0.955
2Yemen0.920
3Haiti0.909
4Tajikistan0.894
5Chad0.891

Lowest

175Denmark0.010
173Norwayshared0.015
173Japanshared0.015
172Netherlands0.017
171Australia0.020

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.404. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

+0 / −0countries joined / left
22values changed, of 175 in both
5 · 17rose · fell
153unchanged

Rose most

Syria0.359 → 0.369+0.010
Ukraine0.378 → 0.388+0.010
North Macedonia0.217 → 0.220+0.003
Czechia0.025 → 0.028+0.003
Lithuania0.050 → 0.052+0.002

Fell most

Kenya0.549 → 0.432−0.117
Georgia0.340 → 0.281−0.059
Uzbekistan0.647 → 0.596−0.051
Honduras0.634 → 0.584−0.050
Iraq0.743 → 0.713−0.030

04Caveats

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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, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2003.
162 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.713. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2003). Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/socioeconomic-exclusion/2003

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