Data for 2007

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2007

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2007
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2007 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.922; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.019. The middle country reads 0.522. Against 2006, 125 values changed (65 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2007

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
2007the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.922	0.896	0.715	0.880	0.884
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.914	0.881	0.687	0.880	0.869
3	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.908	0.854	0.698	0.864	0.811
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	0.897	0.824	0.624	0.802	0.815
=6	United States`USA`Northern America	0.897	0.840	0.650	0.826	0.718
8	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.895	0.805	0.610	0.761	0.810
=9	Chile`CHL`South America	0.894	0.842	0.592	0.823	0.646
=9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.894	0.839	0.656	0.821	0.810
11	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.892	0.823	0.747	0.844	0.791
=12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.891	0.828	0.643	0.804	0.831
=12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.891	0.815	0.639	0.748	0.779
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.888	0.842	0.790	0.854	0.819
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.881	0.842	0.633	0.834	0.820
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.880	0.839	0.627	0.816	0.785
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.878	0.822	0.674	0.761	0.774
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.877	0.807	0.653	0.813	0.781
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.876	0.808	0.638	0.789	0.800
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.874	0.803	0.642	0.703	0.774
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.873	0.787	0.619	0.736	0.802
=22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.872	0.802	0.629	0.791	0.776
=22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.872	0.823	0.619	0.798	0.802
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.871	0.811	0.633	0.779	0.769
=25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.870	0.787	0.633	0.812	0.817
=25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.870	0.807	0.614	0.756	0.753
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.866	0.769	0.652	0.802	0.620
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.861	0.782	0.681	0.803	0.786
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.850	0.765	0.630	0.610	0.696
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.849	0.773	0.563	0.754	0.770
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.837	0.724	0.570	0.741	0.719
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.835	0.736	0.631	0.663	0.673
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.834	0.759	0.587	0.777	0.735
34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.832	0.759	0.569	0.703	0.704
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.826	0.738	0.703	0.709	0.737
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.822	0.762	0.579	0.746	0.742
37	Peru`PER`South America	0.796	0.647	0.534	0.640	0.480
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.793	0.685	0.568	0.606	0.657
=39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.784	0.642	0.490	0.571	0.648
=39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.784	0.596	0.538	0.660	0.686
=41	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.781	0.610	0.532	0.582	0.620
=41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.781	0.696	0.464	0.657	0.626
=41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.781	0.666	0.499	0.634	0.658
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.779	0.662	0.532	0.678	0.533
45	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.775	0.679	0.580	0.696	0.671
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.766	0.650	0.329	0.673	0.638
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.762	0.644	0.498	0.624	0.580
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.759	0.645	0.484	0.606	0.559
49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.758	0.684	0.488	0.620	0.629
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.737	0.645	0.473	0.678	0.591
=51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.736	0.636	0.385	0.668	0.529
=51	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.736	0.547	0.469	0.639	0.476
53	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.721	0.569	0.475	0.654	0.467
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.720	0.623	0.473	0.611	0.516
55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.719	0.458	0.562	0.560	0.486
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.705	0.611	0.441	0.605	0.557
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.697	0.537	0.455	0.627	0.458
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.685	0.566	0.390	0.588	0.538
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.672	0.523	0.410	0.581	0.483
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.671	0.407	0.476	0.516	0.429
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.659	0.544	0.413	0.522	0.434
62	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.655	0.506	0.352	0.598	0.414
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.645	0.524	0.414	0.587	0.504
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.643	0.527	0.400	0.428	0.444
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.639	0.454	0.395	0.526	0.326
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.636	0.376	0.411	0.490	0.333
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.628	0.527	0.434	0.542	0.480
68	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.618	0.413	0.411	0.504	0.416
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.616	0.461	0.403	0.442	0.442
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.611	0.514	0.359	0.480	0.488
=71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.609	0.484	0.423	0.406	0.481
=71	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.609	0.454	0.333	0.414	0.372
73	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.607	0.400	0.387	0.482	0.427
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.595	0.446	0.367	0.340	0.243
75	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.584	0.438	0.392	0.364	0.433
76	Colombia`COL`South America	0.583	0.461	0.405	0.375	0.340
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.579	0.366	0.354	0.330	0.402
78	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.578	0.427	0.360	0.459	0.402
79	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.568	0.419	0.334	0.363	0.463
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.566	0.369	0.319	0.390	0.385
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.563	0.386	0.336	0.384	0.241
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.560	0.351	0.344	0.359	0.244
83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.559	0.434	0.327	0.361	0.327
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.551	0.446	0.355	0.409	0.384
=85	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.539	0.369	0.317	0.355	0.442
=85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.539	0.346	0.358	0.407	0.306
87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.534	0.335	0.312	0.425	0.364
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.522	0.315	0.318	0.417	0.223
89	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.519	0.370	0.290	0.291	0.351
=90	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.511	0.356	0.295	0.441	0.312
=90	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.511	0.396	0.302	0.313	0.287
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.500	0.420	0.321	0.450	0.311
93	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.495	0.274	0.311	0.285	0.242
94	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.493	0.392	0.334	0.389	0.384
95	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.474	0.368	0.179	0.336	0.388
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.469	0.299	0.269	0.321	0.151
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.464	0.313	0.281	0.325	0.295
98	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.462	0.393	0.300	0.377	0.346
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.459	0.346	0.318	0.404	0.239
100	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.457	0.216	0.269	0.325	0.237
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.450	0.237	0.177	0.346	0.210
102	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.446	0.259	0.194	0.238	0.238
=103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.442	0.258	0.233	0.340	0.280
=103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.442	0.365	0.222	0.380	0.276
105	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.438	0.346	0.256	0.260	0.331
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.435	0.283	0.289	0.355	0.280
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.434	0.162	0.311	0.209	0.305
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.426	0.261	0.267	0.340	0.239
109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.414	0.235	0.264	0.261	0.291
110	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.413	0.183	0.278	0.276	0.243
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.408	0.297	0.285	0.336	0.232
112	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.393	0.239	0.254	0.269	0.173
113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.384	0.311	0.104	0.313	0.349
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.373	0.240	0.204	0.185	0.274
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.369	0.324	0.143	0.339	0.323
116	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.364	0.193	0.144	0.280	0.204
=117	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.355	0.149	0.223	0.208	0.194
=117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.355	0.194	0.158	0.319	0.281
=119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.351	0.204	0.241	0.293	0.257
=119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.351	0.185	0.237	0.248	0.125
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.347	0.188	0.181	0.196	0.288
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.342	0.191	0.163	0.169	0.187
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.334	0.166	0.147	0.247	0.262
=124	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.323	0.286	0.103	0.308	0.247
=124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.323	0.246	0.243	0.276	0.215
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.319	0.123	0.123	0.171	0.118
127	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.317	0.181	0.186	0.206	0.230
128	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.316	0.146	0.188	0.231	0.237
=129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.314	0.153	0.157	0.158	0.195
=129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.314	0.210	0.225	0.239	0.228
131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.308	0.128	0.140	0.160	0.249
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.283	0.153	0.167	0.170	0.101
=133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.274	0.094	0.136	0.118	0.106
=133	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.274	0.277	0.148	0.273	0.244
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.271	0.123	0.204	0.109	0.165
136	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.258	0.227	0.131	0.219	0.181
137	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.255	0.152	0.206	0.198	0.164
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.254	0.096	0.135	0.153	0.098
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.247	0.115	0.136	0.138	0.161
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.244	0.113	0.092	0.152	0.156
141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.243	0.112	0.148	0.074	0.174
142	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.240	0.122	0.080	0.104	0.182
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.229	0.204	0.091	0.206	0.185
144	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.227	0.068	0.086	0.096	0.133
145	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.222	0.095	0.086	0.073	0.264
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.220	0.091	0.104	0.141	0.153
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.216	0.071	0.078	0.056	0.146
148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.212	0.152	0.083	0.152	0.090
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.205	0.103	0.110	0.095	0.103
150	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.198	0.063	0.086	0.058	0.068
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.197	0.123	0.181	0.187	0.197
152	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.191	0.095	0.135	0.127	0.198
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.182	0.053	0.047	0.061	0.099
154	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.181	0.180	0.121	0.164	0.163
155	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.173	0.127	0.042	0.183	0.178
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.172	0.095	0.080	0.109	0.042
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.168	0.088	0.052	0.087	0.061
158	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.160	0.033	0.043	0.036	0.126
159	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.157	0.125	0.071	0.056	0.170
160	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.149	0.105	0.166	0.183	0.195
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.145	0.050	0.045	0.026	0.107
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.134	0.105	0.085	0.067	0.147
=163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.133	0.169	0.143	0.211	0.211
=163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.133	0.023	0.041	0.022	0.097
165	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.129	0.095	0.126	0.093	0.077
166	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.113	0.041	0.044	0.071	0.224
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.096	0.017	0.043	0.026	0.072
168	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.095	0.057	0.048	0.165	0.105
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.089	0.088	0.091	0.041	0.095
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.085	0.014	0.043	0.008	0.088
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.072	0.045	0.044	0.039	0.125
172	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.071	0.080	0.020	0.086	0.124
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.067	0.006	0.009	0.026	0.139
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.041	0.097	0.033	0.077	0.112
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.019	0.043	0.026	0.052	0.104

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark0.922
2Sweden0.914
3Costa Rica0.908
4Germany0.902
5Norway0.898

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.019
174Qatar0.041
173Eritrea0.067
172United Arab Emirates0.071
171Libya0.072

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.522. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.896
LowestEritrea0.006
Middle country: 0.369
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.790
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.318
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
Highest2 share it
LowestNorth Korea0.008
Middle country: 0.364
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.884
LowestSomalia0.042
Middle country: 0.327

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
125values changed, of 175 in both
65 · 60rose · fell
50unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania0.250 → 0.450+0.200
DR Congo0.251 → 0.355+0.104
Solomon Islands0.471 → 0.559+0.088
Haiti0.386 → 0.469+0.083
Turkmenistan0.078 → 0.133+0.055

Fell most

Fiji0.395 → 0.134−0.261
Bangladesh0.423 → 0.205−0.218
Nicaragua0.563 → 0.457−0.106
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.626 → 0.566−0.060
Lesotho0.614 → 0.568−0.046

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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