Data for 2022

Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2022

Name: Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, 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, 2022 covers 175 countries. Yemen is highest, at 0.951; Norway is lowest, at 0.014. The middle country reads 0.391. Against 2021, 131 values changed (79 up, 52 down), 1 left.

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Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group · Data for 2022

HighestYemen

0.951

LowestNorway

0.014

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

175countries
1measure
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.951
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.949
3	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.941
4	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.939
5	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.921
6	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.904
7	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.902
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.897
9	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.895
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.865
11	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.858
12	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.845
13	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.843
14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.842
15	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.841
16	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.836
17	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.835
18	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.829
=19	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.826
=19	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.826
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.824
22	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.768
23	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.766
24	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.748
25	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.725
26	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.711
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.709
28	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.708
29	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.704
30	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.697
31	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.692
32	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.687
=33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.684
=33	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.684
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.682
36	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.675
37	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.674
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.671
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.668
=40	Colombia`COL`South America	0.656
=40	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.656
=42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.646
=42	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.646
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.644
45	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.642
46	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.604
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.602
48	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.598
=49	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.593
=49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.593
51	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.586
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.581
53	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.578
54	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.577
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.575
=56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.568
=56	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.568
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.550
59	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.547
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.545
61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.538
62	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.532
63	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.529
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.520
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.513
=66	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.509
=66	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.509
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.508
69	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.504
70	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.499
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.497
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.496
73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.475
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.470
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.466
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.463
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.435
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.430
=79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.426
=79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.426
81	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.420
82	Chile`CHL`South America	0.414
83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.408
=84	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.404
=84	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.404
86	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.393
=87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.391
=87	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.391
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.390
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.386
91	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.383
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.374
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.372
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.367
95	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.364
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.352
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.345
98	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.344
99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.337
100	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.335
101	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.329
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.328
=103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.320
=103	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.320
105	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.317
=106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.314
=106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.314
108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.312
=109	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.294
=109	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.294
111	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.282
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.281
113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.280
114	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.276
115	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.262
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.244
117	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.241
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.229
119	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.224
=120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.221
=120	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.221
122	United States`USA`Northern America	0.209
123	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.201
124	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.199
125	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.195
=126	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.190
=126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.190
128	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.188
129	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.187
130	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.186
131	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.185
132	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.182
133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.180
134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.173
135	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.172
136	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.167
137	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.166
=138	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.152
=138	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.152
140	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.139
141	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.138
142	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.121
143	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.120
144	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.116
145	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.108
146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.100
147	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.099
148	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.098
149	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.097
150	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.082
151	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.081
152	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.072
153	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.069
=154	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.067
=154	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.067
156	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.063
157	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.061
158	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.051
159	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.048
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.047
161	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.046
162	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.045
=163	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.039
=163	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.039
165	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.036
166	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.029
=167	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.026
=167	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.026
=169	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.025
=169	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.025
171	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.023
172	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.021
=173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.015
=173	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.015
175	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.014

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

175Norway0.014
173Japanshared0.015
173Denmarkshared0.015
172Germany0.021
171Australia0.023

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.391. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

+0 / −1countries joined / left
131values changed, of 175 in both
79 · 52rose · fell
44unchanged

Rose most

Romania0.232 → 0.393+0.161
Eritrea0.560 → 0.674+0.114
Azerbaijan0.671 → 0.768+0.097
Libya0.479 → 0.568+0.089
Ethiopia0.505 → 0.593+0.088

Fell most

Bangladesh0.877 → 0.766−0.111
Zambia0.436 → 0.337−0.099
Peru0.549 → 0.466−0.083
Saudi Arabia0.525 → 0.463−0.062
Slovenia0.125 → 0.069−0.056

− Guinea

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 2022.
154 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.826. 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 (2022). Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/socioeconomic-exclusion/2022

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