Data for 2006

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2006

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2006
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2006, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2006 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.922; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.019. The middle country reads 0.542. Against 2005, 126 values changed (80 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2006

HighestDenmark

0.922

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.019

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

175countries
5measures per country
2006the year it describes
159distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.922	0.896	0.720	0.880	0.884
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.912	0.879	0.685	0.877	0.868
3	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.905	0.851	0.657	0.860	0.809
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.902	0.864	0.656	0.872	0.842
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.898	0.864	0.649	0.870	0.859
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.896	0.821	0.622	0.797	0.814
=7	Chile`CHL`South America	0.894	0.839	0.592	0.823	0.646
=7	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.894	0.839	0.637	0.821	0.810
9	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.892	0.823	0.751	0.844	0.784
10	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.890	0.803	0.606	0.758	0.803
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.886	0.841	0.788	0.852	0.817
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.885	0.818	0.636	0.795	0.822
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.882	0.806	0.632	0.741	0.772
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.880	0.842	0.635	0.833	0.818
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.879	0.812	0.640	0.795	0.804
=16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.878	0.838	0.627	0.802	0.783
=16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.878	0.822	0.681	0.761	0.779
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.877	0.807	0.643	0.707	0.775
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.874	0.802	0.652	0.807	0.779
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.871	0.811	0.636	0.770	0.769
=21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.870	0.787	0.633	0.812	0.817
=21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.870	0.807	0.614	0.756	0.757
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.868	0.770	0.653	0.804	0.622
=24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.865	0.781	0.613	0.735	0.796
=24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.865	0.817	0.605	0.798	0.796
26	United States`USA`Northern America	0.862	0.801	0.620	0.788	0.681
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.861	0.788	0.622	0.766	0.765
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.852	0.775	0.675	0.789	0.778
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.849	0.773	0.563	0.754	0.770
=30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.834	0.713	0.568	0.742	0.716
=30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.834	0.762	0.588	0.777	0.735
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.831	0.742	0.618	0.588	0.681
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.830	0.757	0.567	0.728	0.704
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.823	0.734	0.701	0.709	0.734
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.822	0.761	0.585	0.732	0.742
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.820	0.723	0.622	0.664	0.660
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.814	0.703	0.574	0.612	0.678
38	Peru`PER`South America	0.792	0.652	0.530	0.656	0.478
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.789	0.599	0.544	0.664	0.689
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.780	0.614	0.530	0.581	0.613
=41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.779	0.661	0.537	0.678	0.533
=41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.779	0.665	0.496	0.635	0.657
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.778	0.693	0.461	0.654	0.619
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.776	0.679	0.580	0.697	0.674
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.772	0.630	0.482	0.567	0.634
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.766	0.648	0.329	0.673	0.638
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.764	0.687	0.490	0.625	0.631
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.760	0.649	0.484	0.609	0.562
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.756	0.633	0.495	0.619	0.573
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.737	0.645	0.473	0.678	0.591
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.736	0.547	0.469	0.643	0.476
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.730	0.634	0.385	0.652	0.527
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.724	0.462	0.562	0.564	0.488
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.722	0.623	0.475	0.614	0.516
55	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.721	0.569	0.474	0.654	0.467
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.706	0.610	0.441	0.607	0.559
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.696	0.534	0.454	0.628	0.454
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.693	0.451	0.494	0.408	0.399
=59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.685	0.566	0.390	0.588	0.538
=59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.685	0.536	0.419	0.591	0.492
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.674	0.478	0.417	0.542	0.346
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.668	0.551	0.417	0.527	0.439
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.659	0.535	0.430	0.594	0.516
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.644	0.378	0.415	0.496	0.337
=65	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.643	0.498	0.346	0.582	0.407
=65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.643	0.483	0.388	0.466	0.457
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.642	0.526	0.402	0.428	0.452
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.633	0.524	0.439	0.546	0.481
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.626	0.409	0.354	0.418	0.424
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.625	0.418	0.419	0.510	0.421
71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.614	0.451	0.363	0.393	0.498
=72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.611	0.471	0.404	0.404	0.479
=72	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.611	0.514	0.359	0.480	0.488
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.597	0.451	0.401	0.406	0.444
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.595	0.433	0.367	0.340	0.240
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.583	0.369	0.357	0.328	0.405
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.578	0.426	0.361	0.459	0.394
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.574	0.376	0.371	0.455	0.409
79	Colombia`COL`South America	0.571	0.449	0.396	0.368	0.332
80	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.569	0.405	0.311	0.380	0.345
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.563	0.322	0.333	0.434	0.277
=82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.557	0.348	0.342	0.357	0.242
=82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.557	0.350	0.370	0.421	0.315
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.552	0.374	0.332	0.376	0.236
85	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.548	0.378	0.323	0.371	0.447
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.546	0.444	0.353	0.426	0.383
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.544	0.417	0.319	0.330	0.303
88	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.542	0.340	0.315	0.432	0.366
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.521	0.312	0.317	0.420	0.224
=90	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.512	0.364	0.277	0.286	0.349
=90	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.512	0.382	0.315	0.397	0.393
92	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.510	0.358	0.295	0.439	0.310
93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.498	0.418	0.321	0.446	0.311
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.487	0.267	0.300	0.286	0.237
95	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.471	0.361	0.285	0.316	0.285
96	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.465	0.395	0.301	0.378	0.348
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.464	0.313	0.282	0.322	0.297
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.463	0.346	0.322	0.407	0.241
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.450	0.168	0.316	0.220	0.314
100	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.449	0.352	0.170	0.323	0.373
101	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.446	0.260	0.194	0.238	0.238
102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.441	0.255	0.236	0.346	0.284
103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.439	0.364	0.224	0.377	0.271
104	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.435	0.343	0.253	0.249	0.329
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.434	0.281	0.291	0.353	0.275
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.423	0.214	0.188	0.168	0.176
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.419	0.237	0.268	0.307	0.295
108	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.418	0.186	0.276	0.279	0.246
109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.417	0.294	0.289	0.342	0.235
110	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.397	0.233	0.251	0.325	0.228
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.395	0.267	0.216	0.223	0.261
112	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.394	0.239	0.255	0.268	0.172
=113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.386	0.211	0.232	0.279	0.125
=113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.386	0.311	0.105	0.314	0.349
115	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.373	0.243	0.210	0.191	0.275
116	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.369	0.324	0.143	0.340	0.324
117	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.364	0.192	0.146	0.277	0.204
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.355	0.187	0.236	0.251	0.127
119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.353	0.204	0.236	0.294	0.258
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.342	0.191	0.163	0.169	0.187
=121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.338	0.185	0.178	0.171	0.283
=121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.338	0.180	0.151	0.297	0.272
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.335	0.168	0.148	0.249	0.264
124	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.331	0.198	0.194	0.223	0.237
125	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.326	0.288	0.104	0.307	0.247
126	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.322	0.150	0.190	0.236	0.241
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.320	0.123	0.120	0.171	0.117
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.318	0.243	0.243	0.274	0.213
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.315	0.155	0.157	0.158	0.196
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.312	0.210	0.224	0.238	0.227
131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.303	0.126	0.120	0.159	0.244
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.283	0.154	0.167	0.170	0.102
133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.277	0.095	0.139	0.119	0.107
134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.271	0.118	0.205	0.102	0.164
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.257	0.097	0.139	0.153	0.099
=136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.255	0.226	0.134	0.219	0.179
=136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.255	0.152	0.208	0.198	0.167
=138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.251	0.116	0.183	0.179	0.156
=138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.251	0.114	0.152	0.076	0.177
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.250	0.122	0.119	0.236	0.136
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.247	0.115	0.138	0.138	0.161
142	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.242	0.121	0.084	0.108	0.183
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.241	0.111	0.089	0.150	0.155
144	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.230	0.210	0.129	0.198	0.213
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.229	0.204	0.091	0.206	0.185
146	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.227	0.166	0.120	0.177	0.182
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.226	0.069	0.088	0.092	0.133
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.225	0.094	0.087	0.070	0.265
149	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.221	0.096	0.106	0.147	0.154
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.219	0.072	0.080	0.057	0.148
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.212	0.153	0.084	0.148	0.090
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.199	0.061	0.088	0.056	0.068
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.197	0.124	0.184	0.186	0.198
154	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.191	0.095	0.136	0.127	0.198
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.182	0.054	0.048	0.061	0.099
156	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.173	0.126	0.043	0.183	0.178
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.172	0.093	0.080	0.102	0.044
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.168	0.086	0.052	0.087	0.061
159	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.160	0.032	0.044	0.030	0.124
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.157	0.127	0.071	0.056	0.167
=161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.148	0.050	0.044	0.026	0.108
=161	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.148	0.104	0.167	0.187	0.196
163	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.129	0.096	0.126	0.093	0.077
164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.113	0.041	0.044	0.056	0.225
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.107	0.162	0.134	0.198	0.202
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.096	0.018	0.044	0.027	0.072
167	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.094	0.057	0.048	0.159	0.104
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090	0.088	0.092	0.041	0.095
169	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.085	0.014	0.043	0.008	0.088
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.078	0.015	0.032	0.011	0.087
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.072	0.045	0.044	0.039	0.125
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	0.024	0.072	0.015	0.081	0.119
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.019	0.043	0.027	0.052	0.104

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark0.922
2Sweden0.912
3Costa Rica0.905
4Germany0.902
5Norway0.898

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.019
174United Arab Emirates0.024
173Qatar0.041
172Eritrea0.067
171Libya0.072

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.542. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.896
LowestEritrea0.006
Middle country: 0.364
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.788
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.319
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.880
LowestNorth Korea0.008
Middle country: 0.377
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.884
LowestSomalia0.044
Middle country: 0.329

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
126values changed, of 175 in both
80 · 46rose · fell
49unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.276 → 0.643+0.367
Iraq0.237 → 0.397+0.160
Haiti0.247 → 0.386+0.139
Ukraine0.448 → 0.574+0.126
Burundi0.299 → 0.418+0.119

Fell most

Thailand0.507 → 0.227−0.280
Fiji0.530 → 0.395−0.135
Sri Lanka0.435 → 0.373−0.062
Bangladesh0.474 → 0.423−0.051
Solomon Islands0.511 → 0.471−0.040

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.

04Caveats

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