Data for 2001

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2001

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2001 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Sweden is highest, at 0.909; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.018. The middle country reads 0.494. Against 2000, 113 values changed (60 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2001

HighestSweden

0.909

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.018

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

175countries
5measures per country
2001the 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.909	0.876	0.680	0.879	0.866
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.906	0.879	0.726	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	0.631	0.795	0.819
=5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.892	0.841	0.633	0.841	0.795
=5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.892	0.858	0.661	0.865	0.852
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.889	0.836	0.784	0.853	0.820
8	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.887	0.802	0.603	0.779	0.802
=9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.885	0.844	0.645	0.799	0.793
=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
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.882	0.806	0.643	0.736	0.772
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.881	0.827	0.716	0.767	0.778
14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.878	0.801	0.577	0.776	0.788
15	Chile`CHL`South America	0.876	0.811	0.576	0.792	0.614
=16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.873	0.834	0.637	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	0.802	0.716	0.805	0.748
19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.871	0.816	0.626	0.769	0.788
=20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.869	0.808	0.608	0.773	0.763
=20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.869	0.787	0.590	0.811	0.816
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.868	0.780	0.615	0.741	0.797
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.858	0.782	0.621	0.766	0.759
=24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.856	0.808	0.582	0.779	0.786
=24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.856	0.792	0.605	0.758	0.737
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.854	0.717	0.595	0.731	0.579
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.849	0.750	0.669	0.696	0.688
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.839	0.750	0.624	0.619	0.700
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.838	0.762	0.550	0.738	0.760
=30	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.833	0.674	0.575	0.778	0.652
=30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.833	0.746	0.656	0.770	0.760
=30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.833	0.757	0.588	0.776	0.734
=33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.832	0.752	0.581	0.744	0.707
=33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.832	0.742	0.638	0.774	0.747
35	United States`USA`Northern America	0.828	0.769	0.593	0.737	0.650
=36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.816	0.702	0.565	0.631	0.661
=36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.816	0.757	0.596	0.709	0.732
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.805	0.678	0.537	0.710	0.672
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.786	0.597	0.514	0.660	0.669
40	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.782	0.682	0.542	0.702	0.680
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.779	0.662	0.505	0.625	0.578
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.769	0.654	0.333	0.628	0.624
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.767	0.622	0.477	0.632	0.627
44	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.764	0.688	0.500	0.624	0.628
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.762	0.677	0.449	0.635	0.591
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.754	0.633	0.480	0.612	0.628
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.743	0.629	0.518	0.645	0.499
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.738	0.558	0.468	0.629	0.479
49	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.737	0.520	0.445	0.571	0.496
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.735	0.584	0.483	0.666	0.482
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.731	0.642	0.468	0.672	0.586
52	Peru`PER`South America	0.723	0.567	0.483	0.658	0.429
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.721	0.622	0.382	0.645	0.494
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.702	0.607	0.467	0.598	0.504
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.692	0.595	0.432	0.613	0.542
56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.689	0.445	0.473	0.440	0.394
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.681	0.484	0.422	0.542	0.344
58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.675	0.549	0.421	0.546	0.504
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.673	0.391	0.434	0.520	0.351
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.666	0.505	0.424	0.607	0.446
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.663	0.541	0.377	0.569	0.532
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.654	0.424	0.377	0.459	0.433
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.651	0.537	0.406	0.516	0.429
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.644	0.511	0.411	0.431	0.440
65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.619	0.518	0.364	0.447	0.502
66	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.609	0.499	0.326	0.550	0.449
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.602	0.441	0.375	0.538	0.445
68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.597	0.424	0.376	0.353	0.474
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.591	0.431	0.347	0.428	0.393
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.588	0.373	0.353	0.447	0.281
71	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.584	0.481	0.393	0.511	0.448
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.555	0.326	0.337	0.427	0.222
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.553	0.353	0.340	0.311	0.388
74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.550	0.412	0.251	0.507	0.329
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.545	0.409	0.373	0.464	0.284
76	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.543	0.407	0.279	0.428	0.373
=77	Colombia`COL`South America	0.542	0.422	0.366	0.342	0.315
=77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.542	0.362	0.330	0.369	0.230
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.540	0.391	0.326	0.282	0.196
80	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.538	0.415	0.317	0.326	0.300
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.534	0.326	0.327	0.329	0.230
82	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.529	0.288	0.376	0.307	0.372
=83	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.519	0.325	0.268	0.399	0.354
=83	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.519	0.370	0.360	0.434	0.354
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.512	0.350	0.297	0.252	0.372
86	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.505	0.271	0.228	0.199	0.212
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.496	0.319	0.308	0.277	0.329
88	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.494	0.270	0.310	0.242	0.247
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.489	0.394	0.319	0.423	0.324
90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.478	0.386	0.286	0.347	0.303
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.471	0.327	0.317	0.373	0.261
92	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.457	0.348	0.275	0.352	0.362
93	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.447	0.286	0.312	0.299	0.280
94	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.445	0.333	0.276	0.256	0.327
95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.440	0.373	0.286	0.342	0.334
96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.438	0.366	0.286	0.349	0.323
97	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.428	0.232	0.173	0.202	0.228
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.419	0.297	0.261	0.284	0.281
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.417	0.270	0.243	0.293	0.147
100	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.415	0.211	0.204	0.198	0.330
101	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.384	0.233	0.252	0.253	0.277
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.382	0.209	0.125	0.241	0.296
103	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.378	0.309	0.101	0.309	0.346
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.376	0.254	0.220	0.346	0.233
105	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.374	0.201	0.228	0.288	0.261
106	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.372	0.325	0.142	0.328	0.327
107	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.359	0.259	0.140	0.274	0.321
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.354	0.207	0.130	0.247	0.237
109	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.352	0.283	0.212	0.251	0.262
110	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.343	0.160	0.163	0.215	0.191
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.342	0.200	0.237	0.290	0.253
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.341	0.217	0.146	0.240	0.205
113	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.326	0.161	0.151	0.244	0.257
114	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.317	0.126	0.119	0.201	0.117
=115	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.315	0.259	0.164	0.224	0.300
=115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.315	0.140	0.123	0.183	0.149
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.304	0.156	0.153	0.154	0.189
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.301	0.167	0.128	0.201	0.261
119	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.289	0.230	—	0.250	0.202
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.285	0.171	0.140	0.201	0.228
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.281	0.166	0.212	0.185	0.215
122	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.277	0.111	0.168	0.105	0.162
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.276	0.096	0.133	0.118	0.107
124	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.273	0.184	0.182	0.200	0.201
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.270	0.222	0.206	0.251	0.194
126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.267	0.164	0.225	0.203	0.183
127	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.266	0.259	0.088	0.278	0.217
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.261	0.136	0.161	0.160	0.098
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.258	0.123	0.152	0.078	0.178
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.256	0.184	0.166	0.156	0.207
131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.255	0.125	0.092	0.101	0.185
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.253	0.117	0.116	0.149	0.158
133	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.250	0.162	0.165	0.166	0.219
134	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.247	0.102	0.091	0.076	0.274
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.244	0.084	0.100	0.097	0.146
136	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.242	0.080	0.084	0.078	0.155
137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.241	0.110	0.093	0.149	0.157
138	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.239	0.220	0.128	0.218	0.164
139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.234	0.154	0.067	0.261	0.197
140	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.232	0.088	0.156	0.247	0.141
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.221	0.096	0.182	0.226	0.199
142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.209	0.151	0.075	0.143	0.090
143	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.203	0.091	0.125	0.194	0.087
144	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.189	0.092	0.118	0.147	0.199
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.188	0.149	0.132	0.235	0.171
146	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.186	0.052	0.047	0.062	0.100
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.185	0.131	0.073	0.190	0.166
148	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.179	0.141	0.129	0.156	0.105
149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.172	0.037	0.088	0.047	0.051
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.166	0.028	0.077	0.074	0.043
151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.162	0.058	0.073	0.046	0.147
152	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.160	0.075	0.106	0.126	0.072
=153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.156	0.055	0.095	0.082	0.126
=153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.156	0.034	0.046	0.034	0.123
155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.155	0.079	0.062	0.056	0.058
=156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.152	0.051	0.058	0.030	0.109
=156	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.152	0.092	0.171	0.190	0.197
158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.147	0.069	0.046	0.015	0.093
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.125	0.097	0.128	0.083	0.072
160	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.114	0.104	0.130	0.149	0.169
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.113	0.041	0.043	0.056	0.233
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.111	—	0.061	0.151	0.120
163	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.103	0.016	0.012	0.039	0.154
164	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.102	0.071	0.042	0.146	0.106
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.101	0.111	0.061	0.047	0.154
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.096	0.018	0.043	0.024	0.071
167	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.093	0.152	0.125	0.195	0.189
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.087	0.088	0.091	0.040	0.105
=169	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.083	0.028	0.021	0.014	0.041
=169	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.083	0.014	0.043	0.008	0.088
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.072	0.048	0.044	0.046	0.125
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.070	0.014	0.055	0.010	0.086
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.028	0.070	0.014	0.117	0.099
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.019	0.090	0.014	0.074	0.114
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.018	0.039	0.020	0.042	0.098

02In 2001

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 Ricashared0.892

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.018
174Qatar0.019
173United Arab Emirates0.028
172Turkmenistan0.070
171Libya0.072

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.494. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.879
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 0.330
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.784
LowestEritrea0.012
Middle country: 0.292
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestSweden0.879
LowestNorth Korea0.008
Middle country: 0.328
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.867
LowestAfghanistan0.041
Middle country: 0.315

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 175 in both
60 · 53rose · fell
62unchanged

Rose most

Peru0.413 → 0.723+0.310
Serbia0.364 → 0.584+0.220
Côte d’Ivoire0.274 → 0.447+0.173
Timor-Leste0.222 → 0.289+0.067
Ghana0.664 → 0.721+0.057

Fell most

Fiji0.344 → 0.256−0.088
Solomon Islands0.356 → 0.273−0.083
Senegal0.679 → 0.602−0.077
Moldova0.579 → 0.512−0.067
Belarus0.296 → 0.247−0.049

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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