Data for 2000

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2000

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2000
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2000 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Sweden is highest, at 0.909; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.017. The middle country reads 0.478. Against 1999, 142 values changed (81 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2000

HighestSweden

0.909

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.017

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

175countries
5measures per country
2000the year it describes
158distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2000, 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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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2000: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.909	0.876	0.682	0.879	0.866
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.906	0.878	0.728	0.861	0.867
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.899	0.860	0.652	0.872	0.839
4	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.893	0.817	0.633	0.795	0.819
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.892	0.840	0.630	0.841	0.790
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.891	0.857	0.663	0.864	0.851
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.889	0.836	0.784	0.853	0.820
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.888	0.847	0.647	0.801	0.796
=9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.885	0.819	0.637	0.798	0.824
=9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.885	0.809	0.634	0.727	0.773
11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.882	0.798	0.599	0.775	0.796
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.881	0.827	0.717	0.767	0.778
=13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.878	0.801	0.577	0.776	0.790
=13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.878	0.800	0.638	0.745	0.769
15	Chile`CHL`South America	0.876	0.810	0.576	0.792	0.614
=16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.873	0.834	0.639	0.823	0.811
=16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.873	0.798	0.650	0.802	0.775
=16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.873	0.797	0.723	0.805	0.748
=19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.869	0.808	0.610	0.773	0.763
=19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.869	0.787	0.590	0.811	0.816
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.868	0.780	0.615	0.741	0.797
=22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.867	0.813	0.622	0.756	0.784
=22	United States`USA`Northern America	0.867	0.808	0.625	0.808	0.691
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.858	0.782	0.623	0.767	0.759
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.856	0.808	0.582	0.784	0.786
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.854	0.717	0.595	0.731	0.579
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.849	0.750	0.668	0.696	0.688
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.848	0.785	0.599	0.751	0.731
=29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.840	0.756	0.644	0.779	0.769
=29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.840	0.749	0.653	0.767	0.757
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.839	0.750	0.626	0.619	0.700
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.838	0.762	0.549	0.737	0.757
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.836	0.756	0.589	0.748	0.713
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.833	0.670	0.576	0.776	0.653
35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.829	0.753	0.587	0.772	0.730
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.822	0.759	0.611	0.705	0.727
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.816	0.702	0.565	0.623	0.661
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.795	0.668	0.527	0.700	0.662
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.786	0.597	0.514	0.660	0.669
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.782	0.660	0.502	0.638	0.651
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.780	0.665	0.509	0.628	0.575
=42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.772	0.685	0.456	0.644	0.600
=42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.772	0.674	0.533	0.692	0.668
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.769	0.654	0.333	0.628	0.624
45	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.768	0.693	0.505	0.627	0.633
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.760	0.610	0.458	0.619	0.621
=47	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.743	0.527	0.452	0.576	0.495
=47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.743	0.629	0.520	0.645	0.499
49	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.735	0.584	0.483	0.666	0.492
=50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.730	0.641	0.468	0.672	0.585
=50	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.730	0.549	0.464	0.623	0.470
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.717	0.617	0.448	0.631	0.573
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.702	0.607	0.467	0.598	0.504
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.689	0.445	0.473	0.440	0.394
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.679	0.509	0.396	0.579	0.476
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.675	0.549	0.421	0.546	0.504
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.674	0.552	0.383	0.577	0.541
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.671	0.481	0.421	0.477	0.344
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.666	0.505	0.383	0.605	0.446
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.665	0.391	0.429	0.515	0.346
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.664	0.570	0.349	0.594	0.453
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.654	0.540	0.408	0.518	0.430
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.642	0.509	0.412	0.428	0.439
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.635	0.394	0.366	0.432	0.433
65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.619	0.518	0.364	0.447	0.502
=66	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.611	0.501	0.331	0.553	0.452
=66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.611	0.432	0.381	0.399	0.482
=68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.586	0.378	0.352	0.446	0.280
=68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.586	0.425	0.344	0.424	0.388
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.585	0.439	0.399	0.490	0.304
71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.579	0.438	0.353	0.373	0.414
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.573	0.310	0.405	0.334	0.402
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.556	0.326	0.337	0.427	0.222
74	Colombia`COL`South America	0.550	0.426	0.373	0.346	0.318
75	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.546	0.407	0.280	0.428	0.372
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.542	0.362	0.330	0.369	0.230
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.540	0.391	0.326	0.282	0.196
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.538	0.415	0.317	0.326	0.300
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.522	0.315	0.321	0.324	0.227
=80	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.519	0.334	0.319	0.256	0.363
=80	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.519	0.370	0.361	0.434	0.354
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.516	0.324	0.268	0.398	0.352
83	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.512	0.276	0.232	0.201	0.214
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.501	0.391	0.228	0.475	0.291
85	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.500	0.272	0.313	0.240	0.239
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.494	0.318	0.296	0.277	0.328
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.486	0.380	0.317	0.420	0.322
88	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.478	0.379	0.286	0.347	0.303
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.477	0.396	0.306	0.364	0.352
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.471	0.327	0.317	0.373	0.261
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.459	0.352	0.279	0.235	0.336
92	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.437	0.280	0.253	0.304	0.154
93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.432	0.336	0.258	0.322	0.346
94	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.424	0.228	0.172	0.201	0.226
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.419	0.297	0.258	0.258	0.281
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.416	0.210	0.206	0.198	0.333
97	Peru`PER`South America	0.413	0.185	0.258	0.325	0.249
98	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.403	0.223	0.249	0.305	0.283
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.402	0.342	0.268	0.316	0.301
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.389	0.229	0.254	0.254	0.278
101	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.378	0.309	0.101	0.309	0.346
=102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.374	0.205	0.123	0.236	0.292
=102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.374	0.253	0.220	0.345	0.231
104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.371	0.325	0.142	0.329	0.328
105	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.368	0.264	0.143	0.279	0.325
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.364	0.272	0.261	0.347	0.300
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.360	0.291	0.212	0.285	0.262
108	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.356	0.243	0.219	0.239	0.238
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.346	0.161	0.165	0.216	0.193
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.344	0.208	0.205	0.194	0.251
111	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.341	0.217	0.147	0.240	0.205
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.337	0.199	0.232	0.287	0.242
113	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.326	0.161	0.152	0.244	0.257
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.323	0.194	0.120	0.233	0.222
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.318	0.124	0.119	0.201	0.117
116	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.315	0.259	0.164	0.224	0.300
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.308	0.138	0.123	0.181	0.146
=118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.304	0.157	0.153	0.154	0.188
=118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.304	0.236	0.218	0.272	0.210
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.301	0.167	0.121	0.204	0.261
121	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.296	0.107	0.106	0.095	0.298
122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.287	0.174	0.144	0.186	0.231
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.284	0.187	0.232	0.178	0.193
124	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.282	0.267	0.092	0.286	0.224
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.279	0.097	0.135	0.120	0.109
126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.277	0.165	0.210	0.183	0.213
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.274	0.174	0.236	0.221	0.196
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.272	0.110	0.158	0.104	0.159
129	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.270	0.129	0.097	0.112	0.190
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.263	0.136	0.111	0.161	0.098
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.255	0.123	0.153	0.078	0.178
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.251	0.116	0.116	0.148	0.157
133	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.245	0.081	0.085	0.079	0.155
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.241	0.110	0.094	0.150	0.157
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.239	0.083	0.104	0.124	0.153
136	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.238	0.153	0.162	0.161	0.216
137	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.237	0.213	0.125	0.216	0.163
138	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.233	0.162	0.067	0.260	0.197
139	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.232	0.088	0.156	0.247	0.133
140	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.222	0.183	—	0.218	0.165
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.218	0.101	0.171	0.225	0.199
142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.217	0.154	0.077	0.146	0.098
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.205	0.094	0.125	0.194	0.086
144	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.189	0.092	0.118	0.147	0.205
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.187	0.147	0.133	0.221	0.171
=146	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.186	0.052	0.048	0.062	0.100
=146	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.186	0.132	0.074	0.195	0.166
148	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.170	0.139	0.110	0.154	0.102
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.167	0.028	0.077	0.075	0.043
150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.163	0.075	0.108	0.127	0.073
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.161	0.057	0.073	0.032	0.147
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.157	0.035	0.047	0.041	0.124
153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.155	0.077	0.062	0.055	0.063
154	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.152	0.092	0.171	0.185	0.197
=155	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.053	0.095	0.064	0.125
=155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.150	0.051	0.057	0.030	0.108
157	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.145	0.069	0.045	0.015	0.093
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.131	0.018	0.066	0.040	0.044
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.124	0.097	0.128	0.083	0.071
160	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.120	0.027	0.014	0.041	0.160
161	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.114	0.104	0.111	0.149	0.169
162	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.113	0.040	0.043	0.056	0.233
163	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.100	0.070	0.042	0.142	0.106
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.096	0.018	0.043	0.024	0.071
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.091	0.150	0.124	0.189	0.186
166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.087	0.088	0.091	0.040	0.105
167	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.083	0.014	0.043	0.008	0.088
168	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.073	0.022	0.013	0.007	0.037
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.072	0.048	0.044	0.046	0.125
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.070	0.015	0.056	0.012	0.086
171	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.065	—	0.015	0.048	0.112
172	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.051	0.104	0.053	0.040	0.147
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.028	0.070	0.014	0.117	0.095
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.019	0.091	0.014	0.057	0.114
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.017	0.040	0.019	0.043	0.098

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Sweden0.909
2Denmark0.906
3Germany0.899
4Spain0.893
5Costa Rica0.892

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.017
174Qatar0.019
173United Arab Emirates0.028
172Oman0.051
171Bahrain0.065

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.478. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.878
LowestNorth Korea0.014
Middle country: 0.326
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.784
LowestAfghanistan0.013
Middle country: 0.280
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestSweden0.879
LowestAfghanistan0.007
Middle country: 0.325
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.867
LowestAfghanistan0.037
Middle country: 0.300

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 175 in both
81 · 61rose · fell
33unchanged

Rose most

Croatia0.431 → 0.760+0.329
Niger0.255 → 0.546+0.291
Taiwan0.649 → 0.772+0.123
Indonesia0.550 → 0.666+0.116
Timor-Leste0.110 → 0.222+0.112

Fell most

Fiji0.542 → 0.344−0.198
Solomon Islands0.511 → 0.356−0.155
Pakistan0.340 → 0.205−0.135
Côte d’Ivoire0.389 → 0.274−0.115
North Macedonia0.564 → 0.459−0.105

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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