Data for 2023

Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2023

Name: Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2023
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2023, 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, 2023 covers 174 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 0.969; Norway is lowest, at 0.014. The middle country reads 0.414. Against 2022, 133 values changed (71 up, 62 down), 1 left.

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Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group · Data for 2023

HighestCentral African Republic

0.969

LowestNorway

0.014

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

174countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.969
2	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.962
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.934
4	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.933
5	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.918
6	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.917
7	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.902
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.897
9	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.894
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.889
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.883
12	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.857
=13	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.843
=13	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.843
15	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.841
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.840
17	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.837
18	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.835
19	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.832
20	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.829
21	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.826
22	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.792
23	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.779
24	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.767
25	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.748
26	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.737
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.725
28	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.714
29	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.711
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.709
31	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.706
32	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.696
33	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.687
34	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.680
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.670
36	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.648
37	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.646
38	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.645
39	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.642
40	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.633
41	Colombia`COL`South America	0.623
42	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.615
43	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.609
44	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.608
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.603
46	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.597
47	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.594
=48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.593
=48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.593
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.591
=51	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.586
=51	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.586
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.583
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.579
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.575
=56	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.572
=56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.572
58	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.551
=59	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.549
=59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.549
61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.545
62	Peru`PER`South America	0.543
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.540
=64	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.527
=64	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.527
66	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.524
67	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.516
68	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.510
=69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.508
=69	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.508
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.494
72	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.488
73	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.477
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.464
75	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.463
76	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.453
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.452
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.448
79	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.444
80	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.442
81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.435
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.430
83	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.426
84	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.425
=85	Chile`CHL`South America	0.420
=85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.420
87	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.416
88	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.411
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.395
=90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.373
=90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.373
92	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.365
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.364
94	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.358
95	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.354
96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.350
97	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.345
98	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.344
=99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.337
=99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.337
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.333
102	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.328
103	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.318
104	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.311
105	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.302
106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.296
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.294
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.293
109	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.290
=110	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.280
=110	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.280
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.273
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.272
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.271
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.262
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.259
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.258
=118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.229
=118	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.229
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.225
121	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.224
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.222
123	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.219
124	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.211
125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.210
=126	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.196
=126	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.196
128	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.195
129	United States`USA`Northern America	0.194
130	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.190
131	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.186
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.185
133	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.184
134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.173
135	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.167
136	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.166
137	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.163
138	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.162
139	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.142
140	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.138
=141	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.134
=141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.134
143	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.133
144	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.119
145	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.110
146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.109
147	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.106
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.097
149	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.087
150	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.086
151	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.082
152	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.075
153	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.073
154	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.068
155	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.067
156	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.061
157	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.058
158	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.046
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.045
=160	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.039
=160	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.039
=162	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.038
=162	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.038
164	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.028
165	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.026
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.025
167	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.024
168	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.023
169	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.021
170	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.019
171	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.018
=172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.015
=172	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.015
174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.014

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

174Norway0.014
172Japanshared0.015
172Denmarkshared0.015
171Finland0.018
170Czechia0.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.414. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

+0 / −1countries joined / left
133values changed, of 174 in both
71 · 62rose · fell
41unchanged

Rose most

Nicaragua0.675 → 0.835+0.160
Niger0.404 → 0.510+0.106
Tanzania0.262 → 0.358+0.096
Iceland0.048 → 0.134+0.086
Zimbabwe0.383 → 0.464+0.081

Fell most

Togo0.577 → 0.425−0.152
Jordan0.390 → 0.258−0.132
Fiji0.538 → 0.444−0.094
Papua New Guinea0.684 → 0.603−0.081
Sudan0.671 → 0.594−0.077

− Vanuatu

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 2023.
157 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.843. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2023). Exclusion by Socio-Economic Group, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/socioeconomic-exclusion/2023

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