Data for 2009

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2009

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2009
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2009, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2009 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.921; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.019. The middle country reads 0.517. Against 2008, 132 values changed (76 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2009

HighestDenmark

0.921

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.019

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

175countries
5measures per country
2009the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.921	0.895	0.721	0.877	0.883
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.914	0.881	0.680	0.880	0.868
3	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.908	0.855	0.698	0.859	0.813
4	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.901	0.812	0.614	0.787	0.815
=5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.900	0.862	0.654	0.870	0.841
=5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.900	0.848	0.653	0.863	0.721
=7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.899	0.834	0.649	0.811	0.840
=7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.899	0.866	0.650	0.872	0.860
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.896	0.820	0.643	0.743	0.784
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.895	0.850	0.797	0.862	0.827
=11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.894	0.838	0.656	0.822	0.809
=11	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.894	0.825	0.753	0.846	0.796
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.893	0.839	0.682	0.770	0.786
14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.891	0.825	0.653	0.748	0.791
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.889	0.849	0.636	0.823	0.796
=16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.888	0.813	0.612	0.796	0.811
=16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.888	0.821	0.650	0.802	0.810
18	Chile`CHL`South America	0.887	0.836	0.587	0.815	0.642
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.885	0.816	0.659	0.821	0.795
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.882	0.796	0.626	0.768	0.815
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.881	0.842	0.629	0.834	0.820
=22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.874	0.804	0.632	0.794	0.777
=22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.874	0.814	0.634	0.772	0.773
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.873	0.791	0.751	0.780	0.780
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.872	0.823	0.619	0.793	0.801
26	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.871	0.790	0.636	0.814	0.820
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.870	0.807	0.614	0.756	0.753
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.866	0.769	0.651	0.802	0.620
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.857	0.775	0.677	0.799	0.785
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.854	0.779	0.566	0.758	0.774
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.850	0.766	0.630	0.621	0.698
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.846	0.788	0.610	0.733	0.764
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.836	0.722	0.570	0.728	0.720
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.835	0.734	0.627	0.664	0.675
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.826	0.753	0.562	0.699	0.700
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.815	0.624	0.561	0.688	0.716
37	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.801	0.684	0.516	0.655	0.680
38	Peru`PER`South America	0.800	0.649	0.532	0.644	0.493
39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.794	0.667	0.623	0.664	0.693
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.793	0.694	0.604	0.646	0.659
=41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.784	0.666	0.341	0.689	0.656
=41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.784	0.653	0.512	0.556	0.651
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.782	0.697	0.466	0.660	0.635
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.775	0.656	0.523	0.672	0.530
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.774	0.654	0.506	0.634	0.588
=46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.759	0.662	0.514	0.630	0.652
=46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.759	0.647	0.480	0.608	0.560
=48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.756	0.583	0.513	0.559	0.598
=48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.756	0.680	0.484	0.617	0.621
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.755	0.652	0.394	0.685	0.549
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.739	0.549	0.471	0.647	0.480
=52	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.737	0.641	0.473	0.678	0.591
=52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.737	0.618	0.437	0.578	0.589
54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.714	0.435	0.578	0.553	0.492
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.712	0.614	0.466	0.569	0.512
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.691	0.587	0.433	0.569	0.541
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.684	0.526	0.448	0.623	0.449
58	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.683	0.539	0.450	0.622	0.438
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.668	0.520	0.404	0.578	0.481
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.666	0.529	0.462	0.447	0.529
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.662	0.546	0.379	0.578	0.519
62	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.657	0.507	0.353	0.599	0.416
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.655	0.541	0.409	0.519	0.433
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.650	0.459	0.401	0.534	0.331
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.643	0.527	0.396	0.428	0.454
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.639	0.377	0.412	0.492	0.336
67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.633	0.513	0.405	0.571	0.494
68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.631	0.502	0.401	0.448	0.297
69	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.623	0.521	0.423	0.512	0.477
70	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.617	0.462	0.341	0.419	0.382
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.613	0.329	0.440	0.435	0.411
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.610	0.406	0.401	0.496	0.409
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.609	0.404	0.274	0.477	0.439
74	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.604	0.394	0.369	0.474	0.417
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.594	0.399	0.370	0.444	0.270
=76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.587	0.498	0.355	0.489	0.474
=76	Colombia`COL`South America	0.587	0.465	0.401	0.382	0.342
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.583	0.369	0.358	0.330	0.404
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.580	0.396	0.341	0.392	0.251
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.564	0.436	0.329	0.363	0.328
=81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.560	0.366	0.319	0.394	0.389
=81	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.560	0.471	0.266	0.464	0.406
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.559	0.413	0.330	0.357	0.456
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.545	0.403	0.355	0.371	0.388
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.544	0.446	0.344	0.404	0.384
86	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.537	0.334	0.310	0.431	0.363
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.528	0.378	0.353	0.326	0.380
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.517	0.426	0.328	0.443	0.326
=89	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.514	0.374	0.291	0.299	0.353
=89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.514	0.324	0.343	0.388	0.286
91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.511	0.410	0.349	0.418	0.412
92	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.500	0.400	0.251	0.418	0.304
93	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.491	0.340	0.308	0.335	0.413
=94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.478	0.376	0.285	0.296	0.271
=94	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.478	0.371	0.180	0.350	0.393
96	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.467	0.273	0.253	0.368	0.295
97	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.465	0.395	0.301	0.377	0.347
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.460	0.348	0.320	0.404	0.239
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.459	0.296	0.265	0.314	0.149
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.457	0.358	0.270	0.313	0.347
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.453	0.307	0.277	0.327	0.289
102	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.452	0.261	0.200	0.238	0.241
103	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.451	0.259	0.289	0.303	0.151
=104	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.441	0.283	0.280	0.263	0.169
=104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.441	0.197	0.261	0.313	0.227
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.435	0.280	0.287	0.360	0.279
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.434	0.229	0.190	0.359	0.322
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.431	0.160	0.300	0.202	0.303
109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.425	0.257	0.268	0.333	0.241
110	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.421	0.275	0.300	0.362	0.314
=111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.418	0.193	0.183	0.188	0.179
=111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.418	0.232	0.267	0.290	0.286
=111	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.418	0.337	0.203	0.357	0.263
114	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.416	0.305	0.249	0.381	0.265
115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.413	0.304	0.288	0.339	0.234
116	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.397	0.175	0.266	0.268	0.238
117	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.393	0.239	0.252	0.269	0.173
118	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.390	0.314	0.105	0.316	0.352
119	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.371	0.324	0.143	0.341	0.325
120	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.366	0.233	0.201	0.184	0.270
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.364	0.192	0.137	0.259	0.174
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.361	0.196	0.144	0.287	0.204
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.360	0.153	0.226	0.216	0.198
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.350	0.204	0.238	0.318	0.259
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.342	0.191	0.159	0.170	0.187
126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.331	0.218	0.233	0.247	0.237
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.327	0.164	0.143	0.243	0.260
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.324	0.286	0.104	0.307	0.246
=129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.318	0.180	0.174	0.212	0.275
=129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.318	0.241	0.242	0.273	0.213
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.311	0.154	0.159	0.162	0.193
132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.309	0.141	0.187	0.244	0.229
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.308	0.118	0.122	0.162	0.115
134	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.294	0.165	0.178	0.178	0.216
135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.285	0.153	0.155	0.173	0.101
136	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.278	0.097	0.135	0.108	0.108
137	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.272	0.101	0.165	0.144	0.131
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.255	0.095	0.131	0.153	0.098
=139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.254	0.223	0.133	0.217	0.180
=139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.254	0.179	0.204	0.227	0.164
=141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.244	0.114	0.134	0.137	0.160
=141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.244	0.113	0.091	0.151	0.154
143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.243	0.111	0.147	0.074	0.174
144	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.242	0.122	0.078	0.108	0.183
145	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.233	0.205	0.092	0.207	0.186
146	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.230	0.069	0.085	0.084	0.132
147	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.227	0.097	0.086	0.074	0.265
=148	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.220	0.091	0.102	0.135	0.154
=148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.220	0.130	0.186	0.194	0.209
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.212	0.070	0.076	0.055	0.143
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.211	0.152	0.079	0.137	0.090
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.209	0.100	0.059	0.093	0.072
153	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.202	0.063	0.085	0.059	0.067
154	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.191	0.095	0.133	0.124	0.198
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.180	0.053	0.045	0.060	0.099
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.177	0.056	0.165	0.080	0.135
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.172	0.094	0.080	0.120	0.043
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.167	0.050	0.052	0.088	0.242
159	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.162	0.034	0.041	0.039	0.125
160	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.158	0.122	0.043	0.178	0.172
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.157	0.126	0.073	0.053	0.173
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.148	0.105	0.168	0.184	0.195
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.144	0.050	0.047	0.025	0.104
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.143	0.023	0.041	0.031	0.098
165	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.129	0.097	0.082	0.060	0.143
166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.124	0.097	0.126	0.092	0.076
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.097	0.018	0.050	0.026	0.072
168	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.094	0.057	0.050	0.161	0.108
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090	0.088	0.093	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	0.071	0.044	0.043	0.038	0.124
=171	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.071	0.081	0.020	0.094	0.125
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.068	0.005	0.009	0.026	0.139
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.041	0.097	0.030	0.077	0.112
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.019	0.045	0.024	0.052	0.104

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark0.921
2Sweden0.914
3Costa Rica0.908
4Greece0.901
5Germanyshared0.900

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.019
174Qatar0.041
173Eritrea0.068
171Libyashared0.071
171United Arab Emiratesshared0.071

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.517. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.895
LowestEritrea0.005
Middle country: 0.376
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.797
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.319
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestSweden0.880
LowestNorth Korea0.008
Middle country: 0.381
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.883
LowestSomalia0.043
Middle country: 0.342

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
132values changed, of 175 in both
76 · 56rose · fell
43unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh0.210 → 0.418+0.208
Maldives0.459 → 0.609+0.150
Bhutan0.491 → 0.587+0.096
Vanuatu0.653 → 0.737+0.084
Nepal0.478 → 0.560+0.082

Fell most

Madagascar0.504 → 0.272−0.232
Niger0.576 → 0.421−0.155
Guinea0.271 → 0.177−0.094
Honduras0.519 → 0.441−0.078
India0.721 → 0.683−0.038

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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