Data for 2011

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2011

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2011 covers 176 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.921; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.020. The middle country reads 0.522. Against 2010, 121 values changed (66 up, 55 down), 1 country joined.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2011

HighestDenmark

0.921

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.020

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

176countries
5measures per country
2011the year it describes
155distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.921	0.894	0.716	0.884	0.883
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.914	0.881	0.675	0.881	0.870
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.912	0.847	0.767	0.864	0.811
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.910	0.856	0.700	0.861	0.817
=5	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.901	0.814	0.621	0.832	0.814
=5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.901	0.869	0.651	0.874	0.862
=7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.900	0.835	0.650	0.813	0.841
=7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.900	0.864	0.654	0.870	0.840
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.897	0.852	0.799	0.868	0.829
=10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.896	0.857	0.636	0.828	0.801
=10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.896	0.821	0.643	0.769	0.784
=10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.896	0.845	0.650	0.857	0.726
=13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.893	0.827	0.651	0.763	0.797
=13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.893	0.821	0.651	0.809	0.809
=15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.891	0.808	0.612	0.786	0.813
=15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.891	0.837	0.696	0.771	0.787
17	Chile`CHL`South America	0.889	0.839	0.580	0.807	0.664
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.887	0.818	0.655	0.821	0.795
=19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.884	0.843	0.626	0.813	0.824
=19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.884	0.829	0.652	0.811	0.789
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.883	0.832	0.637	0.786	0.786
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.881	0.795	0.655	0.774	0.822
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.875	0.781	0.649	0.810	0.635
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.874	0.827	0.607	0.804	0.803
25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.872	0.792	0.632	0.818	0.822
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.871	0.804	0.627	0.796	0.774
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.865	0.801	0.636	0.741	0.741
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.863	0.789	0.736	0.762	0.778
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.862	0.786	0.684	0.804	0.795
30	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.853	0.744	0.579	0.673	0.710
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.852	0.778	0.566	0.757	0.772
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.851	0.755	0.658	0.726	0.702
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.847	0.791	0.608	0.733	0.765
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.845	0.734	0.576	0.744	0.728
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.816	0.723	0.653	0.698	0.685
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.815	0.623	0.567	0.688	0.716
37	Peru`PER`South America	0.812	0.670	0.599	0.661	0.501
38	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.811	0.740	0.551	0.690	0.676
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.803	0.687	0.513	0.658	0.684
40	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.798	0.668	0.621	0.667	0.697
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.788	0.702	0.469	0.664	0.630
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.784	0.667	0.341	0.689	0.656
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.778	0.639	0.551	0.480	0.615
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.777	0.666	0.521	0.675	0.531
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.767	0.651	0.507	0.632	0.583
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	0.391	0.693	0.556
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.752	0.675	0.485	0.615	0.621
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.749	0.573	0.502	0.544	0.597
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.747	0.627	0.473	0.602	0.561
=51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.746	0.656	0.478	0.688	0.612
=51	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.746	0.554	0.475	0.647	0.481
53	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.737	0.619	0.445	0.592	0.589
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.719	0.624	0.462	0.577	0.525
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.686	0.538	0.450	0.631	0.455
=56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.684	0.553	0.476	0.466	0.541
=56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.684	0.532	0.410	0.592	0.504
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.677	0.398	0.548	0.517	0.468
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.676	0.563	0.392	0.586	0.533
=60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.672	0.565	0.436	0.548	0.528
=60	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.672	0.562	0.442	0.545	0.507
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.671	0.532	0.438	0.608	0.424
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.662	0.468	0.412	0.543	0.342
64	Colombia`COL`South America	0.660	0.539	0.453	0.516	0.400
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.657	0.540	0.407	0.441	0.463
66	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.646	0.487	0.359	0.590	0.408
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.644	0.533	0.402	0.510	0.423
68	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.632	0.478	0.356	0.437	0.399
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.630	0.503	0.421	0.432	0.296
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.623	0.364	0.403	0.487	0.325
71	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.613	0.425	0.383	0.449	0.283
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.611	0.407	0.400	0.500	0.410
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.607	0.501	0.408	0.494	0.468
74	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.601	0.508	0.371	0.501	0.487
75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.600	0.392	0.394	0.469	0.444
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.599	0.486	0.386	0.538	0.471
=77	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.582	0.369	0.357	0.323	0.399
=77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.582	0.445	0.338	0.368	0.336
=79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.581	0.304	0.406	0.401	0.407
=79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.581	0.393	0.337	0.386	0.250
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.574	0.430	0.338	0.381	0.472
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.564	0.370	0.327	0.410	0.400
83	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.561	0.354	0.326	0.449	0.378
84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.556	0.472	0.262	0.443	0.402
85	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.541	0.390	0.403	0.469	0.393
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.539	0.441	0.339	0.408	0.385
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.524	0.413	0.362	0.465	0.278
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.522	0.354	0.356	0.281	0.387
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.521	0.410	0.260	0.391	0.316
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.514	0.328	0.342	0.393	0.291
91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.510	0.410	0.343	0.416	0.414
92	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.504	0.373	0.291	0.295	0.347
93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.503	0.420	0.319	0.421	0.323
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.500	0.344	0.321	0.355	0.418
95	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.483	0.264	0.276	0.309	0.330
96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.481	0.348	0.328	0.393	0.272
=97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.479	0.277	0.256	0.371	0.301
=97	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.479	0.377	0.183	0.354	0.393
99	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.478	0.340	0.323	0.292	0.345
100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.477	0.404	0.302	0.385	0.355
101	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.473	0.333	0.288	0.406	0.323
102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.472	0.366	0.281	0.271	0.263
103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.468	0.228	0.169	0.296	0.211
104	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.466	0.283	0.305	0.315	0.168
105	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.462	0.373	0.221	0.419	0.285
106	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.449	0.260	0.200	0.263	0.242
107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.446	0.256	0.288	0.305	0.302
108	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.436	0.261	0.275	0.298	0.192
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.431	0.262	0.255	0.290	0.139
110	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.428	0.362	0.294	0.412	0.279
=111	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.427	0.275	0.287	0.371	0.271
=111	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.427	0.296	0.266	0.303	0.290
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.425	0.188	0.253	0.285	0.215
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.419	0.248	0.267	0.312	0.164
=115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.416	0.168	0.182	0.186	0.179
=115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.416	0.238	0.183	0.362	0.322
117	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.415	0.152	0.294	0.187	0.281
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.413	0.251	0.269	0.320	0.237
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.403	0.324	0.105	0.345	0.360
120	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.384	0.243	0.219	0.204	0.283
121	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.370	0.206	0.251	0.363	0.274
122	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.367	0.322	0.142	0.324	0.316
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.347	0.150	0.226	0.204	0.197
124	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.346	0.192	0.140	0.286	0.203
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.333	0.189	0.185	0.218	0.283
126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.328	0.247	0.203	0.348	0.309
127	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.327	0.216	0.231	0.247	0.232
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.322	0.165	0.137	0.246	0.259
=129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.319	0.183	0.149	0.141	0.178
=129	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.319	0.282	0.103	0.310	0.247
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.318	0.115	0.227	0.135	0.189
=132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.317	0.155	0.166	0.163	0.197
=132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.317	0.233	0.237	0.276	0.210
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.310	0.141	0.172	0.188	0.119
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.308	0.118	0.122	0.158	0.114
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.299	0.134	0.178	0.234	0.225
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.295	0.121	0.080	0.115	0.094
138	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.287	0.133	0.203	0.203	0.192
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.281	0.099	0.132	0.112	0.105
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.266	0.201	0.206	0.253	0.172
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.262	0.234	0.165	0.260	0.181
142	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.255	0.095	0.128	0.153	0.095
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.247	0.215	0.097	0.224	0.195
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.246	0.114	0.132	0.138	0.160
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.244	0.112	0.145	0.074	0.174
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.233	0.119	0.075	0.109	0.177
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.225	0.064	0.075	0.077	0.128
=148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.223	0.105	0.089	0.148	0.148
=148	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.223	0.107	0.121	0.168	0.138
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.221	0.101	0.145	0.084	0.115
=151	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.216	0.093	0.081	0.068	0.265
=151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.216	0.133	0.194	0.193	0.210
153	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.212	0.057	0.092	0.056	0.065
154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.209	0.068	0.074	0.057	0.143
155	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.204	0.122	0.093	0.247	0.099
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.194	0.100	0.081	0.101	0.056
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.190	0.104	0.090	0.141	0.053
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.176	0.049	0.055	0.060	0.101
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.175	0.061	0.099	0.184	0.166
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.171	0.052	0.066	0.057	0.126
=161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.167	0.051	0.048	0.088	0.242
=161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.167	0.136	0.109	0.063	0.177
163	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.163	0.036	0.039	0.039	0.127
164	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.149	0.104	0.171	0.183	0.199
165	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.145	0.118	0.037	0.176	0.162
=166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.144	0.038	0.049	0.024	0.098
=166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.144	0.023	0.039	0.031	0.094
168	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.131	0.105	0.083	0.107	0.145
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.125	0.093	0.124	0.093	0.086
170	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.094	0.056	0.048	0.163	0.107
171	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090	0.089	0.099	0.041	0.095
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.086	0.014	0.044	0.008	0.088
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.081	0.079	0.021	0.084	0.128
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.068	0.005	0.009	0.026	0.139
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.041	0.096	0.030	0.077	0.113
176	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.020	0.046	0.026	0.052	0.105

02In 2011

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

176Saudi Arabia0.020
175Qatar0.041
174Eritrea0.068
173United Arab Emirates0.081
172North Korea0.086

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)
HighestDenmark0.894
LowestEritrea0.005
Middle country: 0.373
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.799
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.328
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.884
LowestNorth Korea0.008
Middle country: 0.397
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.883
LowestSomalia0.053
Middle country: 0.344

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 175 in both
66 · 55rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Niger0.265 → 0.541+0.276
Tunisia0.193 → 0.328+0.135
Myanmar0.119 → 0.223+0.104
Libya0.071 → 0.175+0.104
Kyrgyzstan0.381 → 0.473+0.092

Fell most

North Macedonia0.526 → 0.478−0.048
Bahrain0.216 → 0.171−0.045
Burundi0.323 → 0.287−0.036
Benin0.635 → 0.599−0.036
Hungary0.808 → 0.778−0.030

+ South Sudan

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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