Data for 2019

Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2019

Name: Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2019
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2019, 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, 2019 covers 176 countries. Yemen is highest, at 0.977; Denmark is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.372. Against 2018, 131 values changed (69 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group · Data for 2019

HighestYemen

0.977

LowestDenmark

0.010

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

176countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.977
2	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.960
3	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.946
4	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.939
5	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.921
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.918
7	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.902
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.893
9	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.892
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.869
=11	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.867
=11	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.867
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.857
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.847
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.844
16	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.840
17	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.839
18	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.830
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.825
20	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.819
21	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.807
22	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.802
23	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.748
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.744
25	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.718
26	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.708
27	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.705
28	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.675
=29	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.663
=29	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.663
31	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.661
32	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.660
33	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.658
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.655
=35	Colombia`COL`South America	0.637
=35	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.637
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.636
38	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.635
39	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.630
40	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.624
=41	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.621
=41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.621
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.611
=44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.600
=44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.600
46	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.599
47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.592
48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.589
49	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.587
50	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.583
51	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.570
52	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.564
53	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.563
54	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.558
55	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.552
56	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.542
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.540
=58	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.539
=58	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.539
60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.537
61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.516
62	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.509
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.505
=64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.496
=64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.496
66	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.494
67	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.491
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.489
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.485
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.484
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.482
=72	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.459
=72	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.459
=72	Peru`PER`South America	0.459
=72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.459
76	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.453
77	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.448
78	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.447
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.443
80	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.439
81	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.432
82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.426
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.411
84	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.405
85	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.404
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.389
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.380
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.373
89	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.370
90	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.369
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.366
92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.365
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.355
94	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.352
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.350
96	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.349
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.347
98	Chile`CHL`South America	0.345
99	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.330
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.329
101	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.328
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.321
=103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.319
=103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.319
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.312
106	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.309
107	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.304
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.289
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.267
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.266
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.264
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.256
113	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.251
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.248
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.243
116	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.242
117	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.224
=118	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.214
=118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.214
120	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.206
121	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.202
122	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.201
=123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.190
=123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.190
125	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.188
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.186
127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.178
128	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.177
129	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.171
130	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.168
131	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.167
132	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.162
133	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.160
134	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.159
135	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.146
136	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.143
137	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.142
138	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.136
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.127
140	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.126
=141	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.117
=141	United States`USA`Northern America	0.117
143	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.114
144	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.110
145	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.097
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.092
147	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.086
148	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.083
149	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.080
150	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.077
151	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.076
152	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.071
153	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.069
154	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.068
155	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.065
=156	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.060
=156	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.060
158	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.059
=159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.039
=159	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.039
161	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.038
162	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.034
163	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.032
164	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.031
=165	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.030
=165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.030
=165	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.030
168	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.025
169	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.020
170	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.018
171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.017
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.016
=173	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.015
=173	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.015
175	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.014
176	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.010

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

176Denmark0.010
175Norway0.014
173Netherlandsshared0.015
173Japanshared0.015
172Germany0.016

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.372. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

+0 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 176 in both
69 · 62rose · fell
45unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.834 → 0.939+0.105
Bolivia0.163 → 0.264+0.101
Zambia0.399 → 0.485+0.086
India0.380 → 0.448+0.068
Lebanon0.534 → 0.599+0.065

Fell most

Guyana0.352 → 0.248−0.104
Algeria0.372 → 0.304−0.068
Suriname0.496 → 0.432−0.064
Kenya0.415 → 0.355−0.060
Laos0.549 → 0.491−0.058

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 2019.
157 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.459. 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 (2019). Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/socioeconomic-exclusion/2019

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