Data for 2004

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2004

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2004
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2004, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2004 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Sweden is highest, at 0.911; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.018. The middle country reads 0.527. Against 2003, 108 values changed (55 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2004

HighestSweden

0.911

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.018

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

175countries
5measures per country
2004the year it describes
161distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.911	0.877	0.684	0.880	0.867
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.908	0.880	0.715	0.862	0.868
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.896	0.857	0.650	0.865	0.831
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.894	0.843	0.648	0.839	0.797
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.893	0.860	0.652	0.867	0.853
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892	0.815	0.615	0.796	0.808
7	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.889	0.803	0.605	0.757	0.803
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.886	0.841	0.788	0.852	0.817
=9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.882	0.806	0.632	0.741	0.771
=9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.882	0.813	0.651	0.737	0.772
=11	Chile`CHL`South America	0.880	0.817	0.577	0.803	0.614
=11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.880	0.825	0.696	0.765	0.778
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.879	0.838	0.636	0.803	0.785
14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.876	0.821	0.619	0.777	0.793
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.875	0.808	0.609	0.786	0.798
=16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.874	0.802	0.656	0.802	0.779
=16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.874	0.808	0.740	0.808	0.749
=18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.871	0.811	0.641	0.766	0.765
=18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.871	0.830	0.629	0.822	0.809
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.869	0.787	0.590	0.811	0.817
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.867	0.782	0.614	0.741	0.796
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.864	0.795	0.619	0.774	0.803
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.862	0.799	0.620	0.773	0.681
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.860	0.813	0.577	0.795	0.789
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.858	0.785	0.616	0.766	0.762
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.857	0.793	0.604	0.744	0.738
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.855	0.722	0.607	0.782	0.608
28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.845	0.748	0.650	0.707	0.683
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.843	0.759	0.634	0.619	0.702
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.838	0.763	0.547	0.745	0.756
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.837	0.753	0.659	0.769	0.761
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.834	0.761	0.590	0.777	0.735
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.826	0.704	0.572	0.733	0.699
=34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.825	0.751	0.566	0.736	0.702
=34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.825	0.735	0.701	0.750	0.738
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.822	0.715	0.596	0.669	0.672
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.819	0.759	0.599	0.717	0.740
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.795	0.632	0.543	0.594	0.627
39	Peru`PER`South America	0.792	0.651	0.543	0.661	0.477
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.789	0.599	0.544	0.664	0.683
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.779	0.662	0.498	0.625	0.578
=42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.776	0.677	0.577	0.695	0.672
=42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.776	0.662	0.495	0.632	0.647
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.767	0.682	0.453	0.642	0.610
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.766	0.650	0.329	0.653	0.623
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.764	0.649	0.527	0.666	0.514
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.759	0.683	0.491	0.621	0.627
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.757	0.606	0.471	0.556	0.621
49	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.753	0.541	0.519	0.660	0.489
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.743	0.617	0.471	0.602	0.561
=51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.737	0.648	0.473	0.678	0.593
=51	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.737	0.561	0.462	0.632	0.477
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.734	0.635	0.388	0.656	0.526
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.731	0.578	0.479	0.664	0.477
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.721	0.623	0.450	0.628	0.568
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.713	0.615	0.474	0.607	0.511
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.711	0.505	0.441	0.567	0.365
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.698	0.452	0.478	0.390	0.400
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.689	0.528	0.445	0.627	0.466
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.685	0.536	0.421	0.591	0.492
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.670	0.555	0.380	0.576	0.526
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.659	0.379	0.424	0.507	0.344
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.657	0.502	0.400	0.481	0.483
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.654	0.537	0.409	0.518	0.431
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.647	0.416	0.366	0.436	0.437
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.637	0.517	0.399	0.426	0.448
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.634	0.521	0.427	0.549	0.482
68	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.624	0.416	0.422	0.511	0.419
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.618	0.468	0.418	0.411	0.458
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.615	0.517	0.362	0.447	0.499
71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.614	0.449	0.296	0.393	0.498
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.601	0.492	0.398	0.543	0.440
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.595	0.428	0.367	0.342	0.227
74	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.592	0.435	0.390	0.355	0.470
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.591	0.372	0.358	0.476	0.290
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.588	0.372	0.362	0.331	0.407
77	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.573	0.411	0.259	0.404	0.350
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.565	0.333	0.344	0.421	0.233
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.557	0.360	0.372	0.408	0.315
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.552	0.372	0.335	0.376	0.236
81	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.548	0.357	0.323	0.367	0.434
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.547	0.409	0.347	0.437	0.375
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.539	0.336	0.331	0.347	0.232
=84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.537	0.424	0.373	0.317	0.312
=84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.537	0.413	0.316	0.327	0.301
=86	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.530	0.371	0.284	0.348	0.342
=86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.530	0.382	0.236	0.490	0.322
88	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.527	0.375	0.285	0.294	0.361
89	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.520	0.401	0.293	0.358	0.321
90	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.518	0.385	0.317	0.387	0.399
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.516	0.324	0.262	0.412	0.352
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.513	0.329	0.319	0.267	0.338
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.510	0.355	0.295	0.441	0.311
94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.506	0.381	0.291	0.254	0.369
95	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.495	0.269	0.308	0.289	0.240
96	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.491	0.406	0.320	0.378	0.354
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.486	0.354	0.333	0.422	0.252
98	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.484	0.405	0.314	0.438	0.323
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.475	0.216	0.339	0.236	0.336
100	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.474	0.233	0.212	0.186	0.197
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.459	0.377	0.225	0.360	0.290
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.446	0.285	0.288	0.361	0.281
103	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.440	0.373	0.286	0.342	0.334
104	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.439	0.347	0.168	0.317	0.367
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.425	0.296	0.263	0.306	0.283
106	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.412	0.296	0.287	0.339	0.235
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.408	0.215	0.266	0.316	0.285
108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.383	0.271	0.252	0.289	0.298
109	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.378	0.227	0.249	0.255	0.166
=110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.377	0.218	0.164	0.209	0.212
=110	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.377	0.308	0.100	0.309	0.346
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.371	0.325	0.143	0.337	0.327
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.356	0.192	0.238	0.251	0.129
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.355	0.207	0.130	0.250	0.237
115	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.344	0.202	0.237	0.290	0.255
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.340	0.181	0.177	0.171	0.284
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.333	0.163	0.150	0.249	0.262
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.324	0.126	0.124	0.172	0.119
119	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.321	0.153	0.199	0.251	0.239
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.319	0.146	0.121	0.185	0.150
121	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.312	0.158	0.156	0.157	0.194
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.309	0.207	0.223	0.240	0.225
123	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.303	0.166	0.120	0.205	0.262
=124	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.282	0.265	0.092	0.285	0.223
=124	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.282	0.168	0.140	0.171	0.226
126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.281	0.153	0.167	0.167	0.104
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.278	0.096	0.129	0.119	0.107
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.274	0.116	0.167	0.103	0.161
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.265	0.216	0.201	0.239	0.190
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.264	0.121	0.118	0.145	0.167
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.259	0.154	0.216	0.199	0.167
=132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.257	0.116	0.156	0.078	0.179
=132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.257	0.097	0.141	0.153	0.099
134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.253	0.221	0.127	0.223	0.177
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.249	0.108	0.171	0.216	0.087
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.246	0.122	0.087	0.114	0.184
137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.243	0.080	0.097	0.097	0.139
138	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.241	0.110	0.093	0.150	0.157
139	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.240	0.097	0.090	0.077	0.272
140	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.239	0.244	0.153	0.253	0.194
141	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.235	0.089	0.103	0.233	0.147
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.228	0.202	0.076	0.206	0.184
143	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.224	0.145	0.124	0.154	0.201
=144	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.221	0.075	0.081	0.057	0.148
=144	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.221	0.091	0.111	0.136	0.145
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.211	0.088	0.102	0.144	0.151
147	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.210	0.107	0.141	0.234	0.156
=148	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.208	0.151	0.146	0.242	0.177
=148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.208	0.151	0.075	0.143	0.088
150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.207	0.143	0.058	0.249	0.188
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.198	0.123	0.184	0.187	0.193
152	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.189	0.091	0.135	0.117	0.197
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.187	0.096	0.113	0.114	0.135
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.184	0.053	0.043	0.061	0.099
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.179	0.040	0.087	0.048	0.052
156	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.175	0.061	0.085	0.078	0.162
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.166	0.058	0.079	0.074	0.043
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.165	0.085	0.052	0.087	0.061
159	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.157	0.035	0.046	0.047	0.125
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.156	0.124	0.072	0.056	0.168
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.149	0.049	0.053	0.026	0.108
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.147	0.091	0.167	0.185	0.197
163	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.123	0.096	0.128	0.083	0.071
164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.114	0.040	0.044	0.056	0.223
165	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.102	0.073	0.054	0.167	0.107
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.098	0.158	0.133	0.196	0.197
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.096	0.018	0.043	0.027	0.071
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090	0.089	0.092	0.041	0.106
169	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.085	0.014	0.043	0.008	0.088
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.072	0.045	0.044	0.046	0.125
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.070	0.014	0.051	0.010	0.086
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.067	0.006	0.009	0.026	0.139
173	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.041	0.096	0.033	0.077	0.112
174	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.019	0.068	0.014	0.084	0.119
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.018	0.039	0.020	0.042	0.098

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

1Sweden0.911
2Denmark0.908
3Germany0.896
4Costa Rica0.894
5Norway0.893

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.018
174United Arab Emirates0.019
173Qatar0.041
172Eritrea0.067
171Turkmenistan0.070

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.527. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.880
LowestEritrea0.006
Middle country: 0.372
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.788
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.316
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestSweden0.880
LowestNorth Korea0.008
Middle country: 0.360
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.868
LowestSomalia0.043
Middle country: 0.334

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
108values changed, of 175 in both
55 · 53rose · fell
67unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.384 → 0.548+0.164
Rwanda0.143 → 0.198+0.055
Seychelles0.396 → 0.439+0.043
Comoros0.369 → 0.408+0.039
Bolivia0.719 → 0.753+0.034

Fell most

Haiti0.408 → 0.249−0.159
Liberia0.303 → 0.239−0.064
Philippines0.529 → 0.486−0.043
Iran0.232 → 0.207−0.025
Central African Republic0.245 → 0.221−0.024

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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