Data for 2010

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2010

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2010
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2010 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.921; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.020. The middle country reads 0.525. Against 2009, 147 values changed (84 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2010

HighestDenmark

0.921

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.020

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

175countries
5measures per country
2010the year it describes
149distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.921	0.895	0.719	0.872	0.883
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.914	0.881	0.677	0.881	0.870
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.912	0.847	0.770	0.864	0.811
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.910	0.857	0.699	0.861	0.817
=5	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.901	0.812	0.618	0.824	0.816
=5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.901	0.869	0.652	0.875	0.863
=7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.900	0.834	0.649	0.813	0.841
=7	United States`USA`Northern America	0.900	0.848	0.652	0.859	0.728
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.898	0.862	0.652	0.867	0.836
=10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.896	0.856	0.639	0.826	0.800
=10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.896	0.820	0.643	0.761	0.784
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.895	0.850	0.797	0.865	0.827
13	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.894	0.838	0.660	0.824	0.806
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.893	0.839	0.675	0.772	0.790
=15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.892	0.827	0.655	0.760	0.795
=15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.892	0.825	0.650	0.811	0.812
17	Chile`CHL`South America	0.888	0.837	0.577	0.793	0.659
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.885	0.816	0.657	0.817	0.795
19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.883	0.805	0.607	0.790	0.805
=20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.881	0.842	0.625	0.834	0.821
=20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.881	0.799	0.655	0.766	0.822
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.880	0.829	0.640	0.783	0.782
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.874	0.828	0.610	0.798	0.803
=24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.872	0.803	0.628	0.795	0.776
=24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.872	0.792	0.634	0.818	0.822
=24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.872	0.796	0.749	0.781	0.789
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.871	0.776	0.650	0.808	0.631
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.866	0.802	0.611	0.749	0.741
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.856	0.775	0.675	0.799	0.788
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.852	0.778	0.566	0.757	0.772
=31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.850	0.794	0.612	0.736	0.766
=31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.850	0.752	0.657	0.723	0.700
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.845	0.734	0.576	0.748	0.727
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.844	0.730	0.565	0.658	0.702
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.826	0.755	0.562	0.696	0.699
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.815	0.623	0.559	0.688	0.716
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.808	0.677	0.581	0.511	0.645
38	Peru`PER`South America	0.804	0.658	0.578	0.644	0.494
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.802	0.686	0.513	0.657	0.683
=40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.798	0.704	0.605	0.668	0.666
=40	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.798	0.668	0.623	0.667	0.698
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.784	0.667	0.341	0.689	0.656
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.779	0.695	0.466	0.658	0.629
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.778	0.666	0.523	0.674	0.532
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.774	0.656	0.506	0.638	0.587
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.762	0.665	0.517	0.631	0.656
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.761	0.663	0.395	0.693	0.556
=48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.752	0.675	0.485	0.615	0.618
=48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.752	0.632	0.475	0.605	0.557
=50	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.746	0.578	0.502	0.542	0.596
=50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.746	0.655	0.480	0.688	0.612
=50	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.746	0.554	0.476	0.647	0.481
53	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.737	0.619	0.445	0.592	0.589
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.717	0.622	0.462	0.578	0.522
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.686	0.539	0.450	0.631	0.459
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.684	0.532	0.412	0.592	0.504
=57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.680	0.400	0.555	0.522	0.470
=57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.680	0.550	0.474	0.463	0.538
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.679	0.565	0.392	0.588	0.536
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.674	0.568	0.428	0.551	0.529
61	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.671	0.532	0.440	0.608	0.424
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.662	0.465	0.411	0.541	0.340
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.653	0.536	0.404	0.438	0.460
64	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.649	0.489	0.350	0.593	0.410
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.639	0.509	0.408	0.454	0.299
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.637	0.528	0.400	0.507	0.418
67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.635	0.516	0.409	0.571	0.499
68	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.632	0.478	0.360	0.437	0.398
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.625	0.371	0.406	0.488	0.326
70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.624	0.498	0.431	0.454	0.373
71	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.613	0.422	0.382	0.457	0.284
72	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.610	0.503	0.410	0.496	0.468
73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.608	0.405	0.399	0.494	0.408
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.603	0.508	0.395	0.494	0.457
75	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.601	0.507	0.364	0.503	0.487
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.599	0.395	0.305	0.470	0.427
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.588	0.309	0.412	0.406	0.412
=78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.583	0.397	0.340	0.398	0.251
=78	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.583	0.369	0.359	0.324	0.399
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.573	0.440	0.334	0.362	0.332
=81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.566	0.370	0.326	0.409	0.401
=81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.566	0.425	0.331	0.378	0.465
83	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.559	0.351	0.323	0.446	0.376
84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.554	0.465	0.261	0.441	0.401
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.539	0.440	0.340	0.392	0.385
86	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.533	0.386	0.307	0.308	0.362
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.526	0.373	0.353	0.321	0.377
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.525	0.360	0.358	0.325	0.381
=89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.514	0.406	0.260	0.386	0.311
=89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.514	0.328	0.342	0.393	0.291
=89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.514	0.427	0.325	0.441	0.325
92	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.510	0.411	0.344	0.416	0.410
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.506	0.395	0.350	0.448	0.270
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.496	0.340	0.317	0.351	0.415
95	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.484	0.264	0.282	0.317	0.330
96	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.478	0.373	0.183	0.350	0.393
97	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.475	0.370	0.282	0.274	0.263
98	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.468	0.228	0.170	0.296	0.211
99	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.467	0.397	0.296	0.381	0.349
=100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.466	0.271	0.250	0.374	0.294
=100	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.466	0.285	0.306	0.316	0.170
102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.459	0.275	0.266	0.314	0.151
103	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.448	0.262	0.198	0.260	0.240
104	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.446	0.284	0.291	0.359	0.277
105	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.436	0.192	0.259	0.297	0.222
106	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.430	0.319	0.297	0.352	0.247
107	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.427	0.361	0.288	0.412	0.277
=108	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.425	0.173	0.184	0.192	0.184
=108	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.425	0.293	0.265	0.289	0.285
110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.419	0.154	0.296	0.188	0.286
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.416	0.243	0.272	0.288	0.286
=112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.414	0.251	0.271	0.322	0.236
=112	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.414	0.249	0.266	0.278	0.182
=112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.414	0.235	0.182	0.362	0.320
115	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.411	0.330	0.200	0.355	0.261
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.408	0.239	0.263	0.321	0.153
117	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.390	0.314	0.102	0.332	0.352
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.386	0.244	0.221	0.215	0.279
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.381	0.260	0.237	0.305	0.264
120	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.370	0.206	0.253	0.363	0.274
121	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.369	0.323	0.143	0.339	0.320
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.352	0.152	0.230	0.208	0.196
123	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.347	0.192	0.140	0.281	0.204
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.343	0.193	0.158	0.164	0.188
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.331	0.188	0.183	0.218	0.281
126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.329	0.216	0.232	0.248	0.232
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.323	0.144	0.219	0.222	0.209
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.322	0.164	0.138	0.244	0.262
129	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.320	0.284	0.103	0.313	0.246
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.317	0.238	0.239	0.272	0.211
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.314	0.154	0.162	0.162	0.197
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.308	0.118	0.122	0.162	0.114
133	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.306	0.135	0.183	0.239	0.227
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.286	0.153	0.151	0.168	0.101
135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.279	0.099	0.133	0.112	0.105
=136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.265	0.185	0.216	0.296	0.244
=136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.265	0.200	0.208	0.249	0.172
138	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.256	0.231	0.133	0.220	0.179
139	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.255	0.095	0.130	0.153	0.095
140	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.244	0.112	0.146	0.074	0.174
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.242	0.113	0.133	0.137	0.159
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.239	0.210	0.094	0.211	0.191
=143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.236	0.092	0.196	0.123	0.162
=143	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.236	0.120	0.077	0.116	0.179
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.229	0.109	0.087	0.144	0.155
146	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.226	0.095	0.083	0.070	0.268
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.225	0.063	0.077	0.083	0.129
148	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.221	0.079	0.145	0.084	0.114
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.217	0.133	0.193	0.193	0.209
150	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.216	0.088	0.100	0.128	0.152
=151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.213	0.069	0.074	0.054	0.144
=151	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.213	0.066	0.095	0.058	0.070
153	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.212	0.152	0.078	0.136	0.091
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.211	0.098	0.060	0.092	0.073
155	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.193	0.103	0.133	0.124	0.203
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.186	0.102	0.089	0.129	0.048
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.177	0.049	0.038	0.060	0.101
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.167	0.050	0.052	0.088	0.242
159	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.161	0.035	0.040	0.039	0.127
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.156	0.126	0.073	0.053	0.173
161	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.149	0.105	0.171	0.184	0.200
=162	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.144	0.117	0.036	0.176	0.162
=162	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.144	0.049	0.047	0.025	0.103
=162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.144	0.023	0.040	0.031	0.094
165	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.131	0.105	0.083	0.103	0.145
166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.125	0.094	0.127	0.094	0.076
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.119	0.033	0.082	0.061	0.102
168	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.094	0.057	0.047	0.160	0.106
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.092	0.089	0.099	0.041	0.095
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.086	0.014	0.044	0.008	0.088
171	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.072	0.082	0.020	0.094	0.125
172	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.071	0.045	0.042	0.041	0.124
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.068	0.005	0.009	0.026	0.140
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.041	0.095	0.032	0.077	0.112
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.020	0.046	0.024	0.052	0.105

02In 2010

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
3Uruguay0.912
4Costa Rica0.910
5Greeceshared0.901

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.020
174Qatar0.041
173Eritrea0.068
172Libya0.071
171United Arab Emirates0.072

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.525. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.895
LowestEritrea0.005
Middle country: 0.373
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.797
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.325
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestSweden0.881
LowestNorth Korea0.008
Middle country: 0.386
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.883
LowestSomalia0.048
Middle country: 0.340

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 175 in both
84 · 63rose · fell
28unchanged

Rose most

Moldova0.457 → 0.603+0.146
Mauritania0.364 → 0.468+0.104
Kyrgyzstan0.294 → 0.381+0.087
Croatia0.784 → 0.844+0.060
Guinea0.177 → 0.236+0.059

Fell most

Niger0.421 → 0.265−0.156
Ukraine0.604 → 0.484−0.120
Burundi0.397 → 0.323−0.074
Madagascar0.272 → 0.221−0.051
Hungary0.850 → 0.808−0.042

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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