Data for 2013

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2013

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2013
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2013, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2013 covers 176 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.921; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.018. The middle country reads 0.521. Against 2012, 168 values changed (69 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2013

HighestDenmark

0.921

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.018

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

176countries
5measures per country
2013the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.921	0.895	0.711	0.881	0.885
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.916	0.885	0.670	0.868	0.859
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.910	0.843	0.777	0.855	0.813
=4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.907	0.853	0.691	0.858	0.815
=4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.907	0.861	0.808	0.877	0.840
6	United States`USA`Northern America	0.905	0.852	0.657	0.865	0.734
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.902	0.839	0.651	0.820	0.835
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.897	0.863	0.648	0.870	0.852
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.895	0.823	0.645	0.784	0.779
10	Chile`CHL`South America	0.894	0.846	0.580	0.794	0.672
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.892	0.853	0.647	0.860	0.835
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.891	0.858	0.627	0.829	0.828
=13	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.890	0.822	0.648	0.828	0.806
=13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.890	0.821	0.638	0.748	0.801
15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.889	0.801	0.610	0.807	0.791
16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.887	0.832	0.690	0.767	0.783
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.886	0.829	0.638	0.807	0.790
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.883	0.834	0.630	0.791	0.788
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.878	0.830	0.609	0.814	0.806
=20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.875	0.807	0.661	0.798	0.772
=20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.875	0.778	0.626	0.757	0.766
=22	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.873	0.781	0.633	0.814	0.626
=22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.873	0.792	0.627	0.826	0.822
=24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.864	0.786	0.677	0.802	0.786
=24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.864	0.796	0.637	0.731	0.735
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.863	0.779	0.585	0.703	0.785
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.862	0.821	0.599	0.789	0.757
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.858	0.775	0.636	0.709	0.800
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.854	0.778	0.685	0.720	0.771
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.847	0.732	0.578	0.718	0.727
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.835	0.730	0.643	0.655	0.674
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.830	0.743	0.660	0.714	0.718
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.828	0.710	0.613	0.652	0.671
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.826	0.771	0.590	0.717	0.741
35	Peru`PER`South America	0.821	0.689	0.590	0.646	0.507
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.817	0.742	0.551	0.694	0.678
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.815	0.741	0.533	0.725	0.734
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.803	0.684	0.612	0.666	0.708
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.798	0.679	0.535	0.678	0.601
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.794	0.708	0.472	0.646	0.644
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.793	0.597	0.542	0.646	0.693
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.781	0.664	0.339	0.686	0.653
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.777	0.665	0.496	0.638	0.635
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.772	0.588	0.519	0.564	0.607
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.765	0.650	0.509	0.640	0.528
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.761	0.635	0.444	0.689	0.614
=47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.750	0.635	0.376	0.632	0.551
=47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.750	0.627	0.471	0.602	0.559
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.748	0.547	0.474	0.627	0.491
50	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.745	0.626	0.450	0.582	0.594
=51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.738	0.575	0.499	0.430	0.561
=51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.738	0.642	0.475	0.638	0.598
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.734	0.655	0.467	0.593	0.598
54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.722	0.585	0.444	0.617	0.544
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.716	0.609	0.472	0.567	0.604
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.713	0.609	0.457	0.560	0.515
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.684	0.557	0.399	0.564	0.522
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.672	0.563	0.470	0.462	0.524
59	Colombia`COL`South America	0.669	0.537	0.455	0.540	0.404
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.668	0.520	0.452	0.574	0.427
61	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.661	0.501	0.372	0.454	0.412
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.658	0.396	0.520	0.499	0.449
63	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.657	0.542	0.460	0.529	0.511
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.655	0.547	0.402	0.459	0.459
=65	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.650	0.522	0.425	0.572	0.407
=65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.650	0.536	0.407	0.514	0.431
67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.638	0.530	0.421	0.495	0.475
68	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.629	0.501	0.458	0.561	0.422
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.626	0.437	0.392	0.429	0.300
=70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.623	0.456	0.398	0.478	0.491
=70	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.623	0.420	0.376	0.499	0.317
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.619	0.477	0.374	0.454	0.503
73	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.618	0.456	0.345	0.529	0.398
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.608	0.386	0.373	0.350	0.424
75	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.603	0.482	0.384	0.520	0.467
76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.600	0.354	0.381	0.449	0.324
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.598	0.405	0.349	0.469	0.378
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.585	0.407	0.368	0.320	0.229
79	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.582	0.447	0.341	0.367	0.337
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.574	0.410	0.334	0.367	0.243
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.573	0.482	0.356	0.483	0.472
=82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.560	0.369	0.326	0.405	0.395
=82	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.560	0.439	0.286	0.450	0.341
84	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.540	0.300	0.315	0.400	0.306
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.538	0.265	0.367	0.359	0.378
86	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.524	0.413	0.366	0.426	0.324
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.523	0.433	0.316	0.271	0.380
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.521	0.408	0.360	0.469	0.269
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.520	0.381	0.350	0.409	0.295
90	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.519	0.364	0.293	0.341	0.349
91	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.514	0.318	0.340	0.374	0.300
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.502	0.401	0.334	0.357	0.386
93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.494	0.394	0.328	0.399	0.401
94	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.491	0.396	0.196	0.366	0.398
95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.486	0.301	0.267	0.366	0.304
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.485	0.391	0.309	0.286	0.310
=97	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.470	0.285	0.300	0.311	0.155
=97	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.470	0.396	0.302	0.384	0.345
99	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.469	0.289	0.312	0.209	0.338
100	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.467	0.278	0.305	0.321	0.312
101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.465	0.295	0.308	0.395	0.293
102	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.459	0.251	0.282	0.284	0.323
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.453	0.238	0.287	0.277	0.299
=104	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.448	0.287	0.304	0.255	0.311
=104	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.448	0.348	0.270	0.261	0.250
106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.447	0.316	0.271	0.369	0.307
107	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.446	0.352	0.210	0.377	0.269
108	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.437	0.301	0.268	0.293	0.288
109	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.434	0.262	0.255	0.275	0.137
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.432	0.238	0.171	0.352	0.322
111	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.418	0.268	0.249	0.217	0.287
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.416	0.174	0.173	0.251	0.175
=113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.414	0.238	0.276	0.267	0.213
=113	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.414	0.330	0.111	0.352	0.366
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.413	0.255	0.271	0.295	0.158
116	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.402	0.248	0.250	0.267	0.158
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.376	0.144	0.152	0.171	0.162
118	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.375	0.223	0.264	0.327	0.294
119	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.358	0.314	0.135	0.286	0.311
120	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.355	0.157	0.203	0.234	0.178
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.349	0.206	0.185	0.220	0.284
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.345	0.194	0.143	0.284	0.197
123	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.336	0.148	0.153	0.285	0.121
124	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.328	0.194	0.225	0.309	0.239
=125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.327	0.171	0.123	0.235	0.266
=125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.327	0.109	0.230	0.099	0.226
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.322	0.117	0.228	0.132	0.198
128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.321	0.206	0.231	0.242	0.225
=129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.319	0.150	0.166	0.143	0.196
=129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.319	0.124	0.207	0.175	0.186
=129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.319	0.125	0.190	0.139	0.173
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.312	0.230	0.225	0.271	0.196
133	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.311	0.278	0.107	0.299	0.243
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.297	0.114	0.120	0.148	0.115
135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.290	0.122	0.066	0.117	0.099
136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.289	0.209	0.233	0.221	0.190
137	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.288	0.195	0.139	0.126	0.188
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.280	0.191	0.153	0.230	0.230
139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.278	0.109	0.197	0.152	0.157
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.277	0.093	0.128	0.121	0.097
141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.276	0.116	0.163	0.186	0.213
142	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.272	0.150	0.111	0.058	0.156
143	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.269	0.230	0.165	0.264	0.185
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.255	0.220	0.109	0.220	0.197
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.249	0.101	0.127	0.162	0.103
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.246	0.125	0.178	0.084	0.126
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.244	0.114	0.132	0.138	0.156
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.242	0.099	0.084	0.084	0.276
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.241	0.105	0.141	0.086	0.171
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.229	0.109	0.073	0.109	0.178
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.223	0.104	0.093	0.146	0.146
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.221	0.136	0.188	0.195	0.223
153	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.212	0.063	0.088	0.059	0.057
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.206	0.053	0.057	0.073	0.102
155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.202	0.067	0.071	0.061	0.145
156	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.187	0.097	0.074	0.167	0.087
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.177	0.052	0.055	0.060	0.101
158	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.174	0.129	0.043	0.169	0.171
159	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.171	0.139	0.123	0.068	0.181
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.169	0.075	0.073	0.056	0.039
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.168	0.057	0.044	0.089	0.237
162	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.166	0.037	0.040	0.035	0.132
=163	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.162	0.051	0.049	0.057	0.124
=163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.162	0.118	0.087	0.150	0.056
165	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.147	0.113	0.166	0.178	0.200
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.144	0.024	0.031	0.031	0.085
167	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.140	0.114	0.087	0.152	0.157
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.136	0.024	0.046	0.017	0.070
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.130	0.097	0.120	0.089	0.092
=170	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.091	0.090	0.096	0.046	0.099
=170	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.091	0.087	0.025	0.085	0.133
=172	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.086	0.053	0.042	0.152	0.097
=172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.086	0.014	0.044	0.009	0.088
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.070	0.006	0.010	0.022	0.150
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.042	0.089	0.025	0.090	0.114
176	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.018	0.046	0.022	0.052	0.103

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark0.921
2Sweden0.916
3Uruguay0.910
4Switzerlandshared0.907
4Costa Ricashared0.907

Lowest

176Saudi Arabia0.018
175Qatar0.042
174Eritrea0.070
172North Koreashared0.086
172Chinashared0.086

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.521. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.895
LowestEritrea0.006
Middle country: 0.389
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.808
LowestEritrea0.010
Middle country: 0.327
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.881
LowestNorth Korea0.009
Middle country: 0.372
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.885
LowestSouth Sudan0.039
Middle country: 0.324

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 176 in both
69 · 99rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Libya0.329 → 0.540+0.211
Georgia0.519 → 0.623+0.104
Kenya0.425 → 0.524+0.099
Myanmar0.306 → 0.355+0.049
Lesotho0.582 → 0.619+0.037

Fell most

Egypt0.298 → 0.187−0.111
Nepal0.390 → 0.280−0.110
Serbia0.593 → 0.502−0.091
Maldives0.543 → 0.453−0.090
Venezuela0.399 → 0.327−0.072

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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