Data for 2018

Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2018

Name: Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2018
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2018, 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, 2018 covers 176 countries. Yemen is highest, at 0.982; Denmark is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.374. Against 2017, 121 values changed (64 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group · Data for 2018

HighestYemen

0.982

LowestDenmark

0.010

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

176countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: 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	0.966
3	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.947
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.927
5	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.921
6	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.902
7	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.893
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.887
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.881
10	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.865
11	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.864
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.859
13	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.856
14	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.848
=15	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.846
=15	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.846
=17	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.835
=17	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.835
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.834
20	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.830
21	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.810
22	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.805
23	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.759
24	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.748
25	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.728
26	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.708
27	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.705
=28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.704
=28	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.704
=30	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.661
=30	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.661
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.655
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.652
34	Colombia`COL`South America	0.649
35	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.646
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.635
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.632
38	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.624
39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.623
40	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.609
41	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.608
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.607
43	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.605
44	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.597
45	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.588
=46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.587
=46	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.587
=48	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.583
=48	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.583
50	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.582
51	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.557
52	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.556
53	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.553
=54	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.552
=54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.552
56	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.549
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.539
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.537
=59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.534
=59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.534
61	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.531
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.525
63	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.516
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.505
65	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.496
66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.493
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.489
68	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.482
=69	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.471
=69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.471
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.468
=72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.459
=72	Peru`PER`South America	0.459
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.454
75	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.451
76	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.447
77	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.446
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.439
=79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.426
=79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.426
=79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.426
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.415
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.411
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.405
85	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.400
86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.399
87	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.380
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.375
=89	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.373
=89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.373
91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.372
92	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.367
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.366
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.364
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.352
=96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.350
=96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.350
98	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.349
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.333
100	Chile`CHL`South America	0.326
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.324
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.320
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.319
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.312
105	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.308
106	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.302
107	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.295
108	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.294
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.286
110	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.276
111	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.271
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.254
113	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.251
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.247
115	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.241
116	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.239
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.235
118	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.220
119	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.210
120	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.207
=121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.202
=121	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.202
123	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.194
124	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.188
125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.186
126	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.183
127	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.181
128	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.178
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.177
130	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.176
131	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.175
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.166
133	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.163
134	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.157
135	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.146
136	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.145
137	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.139
138	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.138
139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.133
140	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.121
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.116
=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	0.097
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.091
147	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.088
=148	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.084
=148	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.084
150	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.080
151	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.074
152	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.072
=153	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.067
=153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.067
=155	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.060
=155	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.060
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.059
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.053
159	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.040
=160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.038
=160	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.038
162	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.035
=163	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.032
=163	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.032
165	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.031
166	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.030
167	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.029
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
=172	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.017
174	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.015
175	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.014
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.010

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Yemen0.982
2South Sudan0.966
3Tajikistan0.947
4Somalia0.927
5Haiti0.921

Lowest

176Denmark0.010
175Norway0.014
174Japan0.015
172Netherlandsshared0.017
172Finlandshared0.017

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.374. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

+0 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 176 in both
64 · 57rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Eritrea0.552 → 0.609+0.057
Bangladesh0.858 → 0.893+0.035
Ecuador0.407 → 0.439+0.032
Venezuela0.423 → 0.454+0.031
Algeria0.342 → 0.372+0.030

Fell most

Armenia0.432 → 0.235−0.197
Malaysia0.433 → 0.366−0.067
North Macedonia0.238 → 0.202−0.036
Jordan0.400 → 0.367−0.033
Thailand0.401 → 0.373−0.028

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 2018.
154 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.426. 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 (2018). Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/socioeconomic-exclusion/2018

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