Data for 2017

Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2017

Name: Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2017
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2017, 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, 2017 covers 176 countries. Yemen is highest, at 0.982; Denmark is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.400. Against 2016, 114 values changed (57 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group · Data for 2017

HighestYemen

0.982

LowestDenmark

0.010

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

176countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
168distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.982
2	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.962
3	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.942
4	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.930
5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.923
6	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.902
7	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.890
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.885
9	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.874
10	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.870
11	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.861
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.858
13	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.853
14	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.846
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.841
16	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.840
17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.833
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.830
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.824
20	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.816
21	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.810
22	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.805
23	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.764
24	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.760
25	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.734
26	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.727
27	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.713
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.710
29	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.700
30	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.666
31	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.660
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.659
33	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.655
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.650
35	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.632
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.631
37	Colombia`COL`South America	0.625
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.610
39	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.608
40	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.607
41	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.605
42	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.594
=43	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.593
=43	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.593
45	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.592
46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.587
47	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.586
48	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.583
49	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.574
50	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.571
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.559
52	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.555
=53	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.552
=53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.552
55	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.549
56	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.546
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.544
58	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.541
59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.537
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.535
61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.530
62	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.529
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.505
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.503
65	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.500
66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.493
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.489
68	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.471
69	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.461
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.460
71	Peru`PER`South America	0.459
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.458
73	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.451
74	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.449
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.446
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.442
77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.441
78	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.437
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.435
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.433
81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.432
82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.426
83	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.423
84	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.412
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.407
86	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.405
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.401
=88	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.400
=88	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.400
90	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.390
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.382
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.377
93	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.376
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.373
95	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.363
96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.350
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.347
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.342
99	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.337
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.334
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.328
102	Chile`CHL`South America	0.327
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.312
104	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.310
105	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.308
106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.294
107	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.289
108	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.288
=109	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.286
=109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.286
111	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.266
112	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.263
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.253
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.248
115	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.246
116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.245
117	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.241
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.238
119	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.217
120	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.212
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.200
122	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.199
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.197
124	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.194
125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.191
126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.188
127	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.186
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.183
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.182
130	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.175
131	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.173
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.165
133	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.163
134	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.152
=135	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.149
=135	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.149
137	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.138
138	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.133
139	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.123
140	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.121
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.117
=142	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.114
=142	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.114
144	United States`USA`Northern America	0.107
145	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.101
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.091
147	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.090
148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.084
149	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.083
150	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.074
151	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.072
152	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.071
153	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.067
154	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.061
155	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.060
156	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.058
157	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.054
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.053
=159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.040
=159	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.040
161	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.038
162	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.037
163	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.035
164	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.032
165	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.031
166	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.029
167	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.027
168	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.025
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.021
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.020
171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.018
172	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.017
=173	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.016
=173	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.016
175	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.015
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.010

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Yemen0.982
2South Sudan0.962
3Tajikistan0.942
4Haiti0.930
5Somalia0.923

Lowest

176Denmark0.010
175Japan0.015
173Norwayshared0.016
173Netherlandsshared0.016
172Finland0.017

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.400. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

+0 / −0countries joined / left
114values changed, of 176 in both
57 · 57rose · fell
62unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon0.455 → 0.529+0.074
Benin0.504 → 0.530+0.026
Liberia0.630 → 0.655+0.025
Yemen0.959 → 0.982+0.023
Turkmenistan0.551 → 0.574+0.023

Fell most

Gambia0.500 → 0.377−0.123
Zambia0.416 → 0.390−0.026
Myanmar0.593 → 0.571−0.022
Zimbabwe0.397 → 0.376−0.021
Kazakhstan0.419 → 0.400−0.019

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 2017.
168 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.593. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2017). Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/socioeconomic-exclusion/2017

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