Data for 2014

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2014

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2014 covers 176 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.921; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.017. The middle country reads 0.530. Against 2013, 143 values changed (58 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2014

HighestDenmark

0.921

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.017

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

176countries
5measures per country
2014the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: 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	0.880	0.885
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.915	0.885	0.660	0.863	0.858
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.909	0.843	0.771	0.847	0.811
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.907	0.861	0.808	0.877	0.840
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.906	0.854	0.689	0.857	0.813
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.902	0.838	0.650	0.810	0.835
7	United States`USA`Northern America	0.901	0.848	0.653	0.860	0.730
8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.900	0.866	0.650	0.872	0.857
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.895	0.824	0.645	0.790	0.777
10	Chile`CHL`South America	0.893	0.850	0.590	0.820	0.675
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.891	0.858	0.627	0.829	0.828
=12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.889	0.821	0.643	0.817	0.806
=12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.889	0.804	0.611	0.813	0.790
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.888	0.838	0.631	0.806	0.788
=15	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.886	0.831	0.689	0.767	0.782
=15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.886	0.829	0.640	0.807	0.790
17	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.885	0.845	0.641	0.852	0.821
18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.882	0.812	0.629	0.737	0.793
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.879	0.831	0.608	0.815	0.808
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.874	0.793	0.623	0.826	0.823
=21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.873	0.805	0.659	0.794	0.768
=21	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.873	0.783	0.629	0.810	0.626
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.871	0.774	0.626	0.753	0.764
=24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.865	0.786	0.673	0.800	0.787
=24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.865	0.794	0.686	0.760	0.783
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.861	0.794	0.635	0.727	0.733
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.856	0.773	0.634	0.703	0.796
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.855	0.815	0.594	0.781	0.751
29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.852	0.766	0.569	0.733	0.772
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.846	0.733	0.577	0.727	0.726
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.834	0.726	0.640	0.655	0.673
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.832	0.748	0.659	0.714	0.722
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.829	0.773	0.632	0.730	0.742
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.823	0.704	0.608	0.648	0.665
35	Peru`PER`South America	0.822	0.691	0.590	0.652	0.515
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.815	0.739	0.533	0.725	0.734
37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.814	0.742	0.549	0.691	0.673
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.806	0.685	0.607	0.670	0.711
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.798	0.679	0.539	0.694	0.604
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.794	0.707	0.472	0.645	0.644
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.780	0.662	0.338	0.685	0.653
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.778	0.587	0.530	0.633	0.679
=43	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.777	0.595	0.523	0.570	0.614
=43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.777	0.662	0.496	0.638	0.637
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.758	0.641	0.503	0.632	0.524
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.750	0.627	0.471	0.599	0.555
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.746	0.630	0.372	0.624	0.545
=48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.745	0.632	0.424	0.671	0.597
=48	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.745	0.626	0.450	0.582	0.594
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.744	0.544	0.468	0.622	0.490
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.733	0.654	0.469	0.592	0.598
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.726	0.584	0.436	0.615	0.546
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.723	0.617	0.456	0.588	0.587
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.711	0.610	0.457	0.556	0.513
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.705	0.600	0.465	0.552	0.597
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.686	0.556	0.400	0.562	0.524
57	Colombia`COL`South America	0.677	0.545	0.455	0.557	0.409
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.676	0.570	0.470	0.465	0.523
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.675	0.500	0.436	0.524	0.534
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.673	0.561	0.478	0.552	0.523
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.669	0.521	0.441	0.387	0.505
62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.665	0.465	0.412	0.456	0.319
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.658	0.512	0.445	0.567	0.424
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.657	0.548	0.403	0.467	0.460
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.656	0.542	0.410	0.493	0.437
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.647	0.391	0.503	0.488	0.442
67	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.639	0.471	0.361	0.441	0.406
68	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.633	0.502	0.458	0.564	0.422
69	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.625	0.501	0.303	0.426	0.428
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.623	0.516	0.412	0.490	0.466
=71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.621	0.480	0.375	0.458	0.504
=71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.621	0.421	0.371	0.495	0.315
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.617	0.488	0.384	0.510	0.374
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.611	0.450	0.340	0.523	0.393
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.607	0.385	0.375	0.356	0.424
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.606	0.485	0.387	0.519	0.471
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.600	0.352	0.381	0.449	0.324
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.595	0.414	0.376	0.327	0.234
79	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.593	0.414	0.333	0.386	0.397
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.585	0.450	0.348	0.370	0.338
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.572	0.412	0.332	0.364	0.244
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.569	0.417	0.337	0.469	0.376
83	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.564	0.475	0.352	0.474	0.466
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.557	0.370	0.325	0.401	0.396
85	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.547	0.437	0.348	0.434	0.334
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.540	0.327	0.328	0.449	0.348
87	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.539	0.426	0.376	0.438	0.334
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.534	0.262	0.366	0.342	0.376
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.525	0.389	0.354	0.415	0.299
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.522	0.436	0.315	0.286	0.377
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.521	0.408	0.360	0.468	0.268
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.514	0.318	0.340	0.378	0.300
93	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.495	0.400	0.198	0.371	0.402
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.486	0.302	0.264	0.365	0.302
95	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.484	0.388	0.321	0.393	0.394
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.478	0.388	0.305	0.281	0.307
97	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.469	0.283	0.300	0.303	0.156
=98	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.467	0.277	0.304	0.321	0.315
=98	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.467	0.394	0.300	0.383	0.347
100	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.465	0.251	0.183	0.375	0.341
=101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.463	0.299	0.305	0.399	0.292
=101	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.463	0.232	0.290	0.202	0.223
=103	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.447	0.276	0.301	0.255	0.310
=103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.447	0.346	0.272	0.258	0.249
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.446	0.314	0.270	0.363	0.304
106	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.440	0.350	0.293	0.300	0.350
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.439	0.270	0.196	0.218	0.255
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.434	0.262	0.255	0.275	0.137
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.433	0.270	0.279	0.292	0.165
110	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.430	0.299	0.267	0.304	0.285
111	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.426	0.252	0.287	0.184	0.311
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.422	0.175	0.174	0.254	0.178
=113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.417	0.267	0.246	0.216	0.285
=113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.417	0.215	0.286	0.297	0.293
115	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.414	0.330	0.111	0.352	0.366
116	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.407	0.209	0.260	0.257	0.276
117	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.403	0.237	0.265	0.260	0.207
118	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.401	0.247	0.248	0.267	0.157
=119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.375	0.223	0.262	0.327	0.292
=119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.375	0.161	0.250	0.149	0.221
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.357	0.163	0.207	0.250	0.178
122	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.354	0.311	0.134	0.284	0.306
123	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.350	0.199	0.140	0.276	0.200
124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.342	0.201	0.200	0.218	0.283
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.326	0.152	0.169	0.147	0.201
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.324	0.173	0.120	0.238	0.265
127	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.323	0.208	0.231	0.243	0.227
128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.319	0.126	0.186	0.138	0.172
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.318	0.126	0.207	0.170	0.186
130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.315	0.279	0.109	0.307	0.244
131	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.312	0.102	0.219	0.078	0.221
132	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.305	0.226	0.221	0.272	0.192
133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.303	0.213	0.237	0.227	0.193
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300	0.117	0.130	0.152	0.095
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.293	0.114	0.119	0.146	0.115
136	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.290	0.122	0.066	0.117	0.099
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.282	0.170	0.114	0.131	0.163
138	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.280	0.175	0.178	0.234	0.185
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.278	0.107	0.118	0.131	0.124
140	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.274	0.091	0.124	0.119	0.097
=141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.270	0.101	0.189	0.143	0.153
=141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.270	0.230	0.167	0.263	0.183
143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.264	0.109	0.156	0.142	0.206
144	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.255	0.221	0.112	0.220	0.198
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.249	0.101	0.126	0.160	0.103
146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.245	0.114	0.133	0.138	0.155
147	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.244	0.105	0.141	0.087	0.176
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.243	0.099	0.084	0.089	0.278
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.230	0.110	0.072	0.109	0.179
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.227	0.104	0.094	0.147	0.147
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.226	0.139	0.189	0.198	0.223
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.212	0.062	0.086	0.059	0.057
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.201	0.052	0.055	0.065	0.101
154	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.196	0.145	0.110	0.196	0.200
155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.195	0.064	0.058	0.062	0.143
156	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.183	0.131	0.045	0.176	0.175
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.179	0.053	0.056	0.060	0.101
158	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.172	0.140	0.123	0.068	0.180
159	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.168	0.057	0.045	0.089	0.237
160	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.167	0.037	0.039	0.038	0.130
161	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.164	0.068	0.071	0.050	0.038
=162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.162	0.118	0.087	0.155	0.056
=162	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.162	0.116	0.066	0.024	0.147
164	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.160	0.052	0.047	0.049	0.124
165	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.147	0.115	0.164	0.178	0.200
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.143	0.024	0.031	0.031	0.085
=167	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.137	0.085	0.052	0.130	0.079
=167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.137	0.024	0.046	0.017	0.067
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.131	0.097	0.121	0.089	0.093
170	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.091	0.090	0.096	0.046	0.097
171	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.089	0.087	0.029	0.085	0.132
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.085	0.014	0.044	0.009	0.088
173	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.084	0.052	0.042	0.152	0.094
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.070	0.007	0.010	0.022	0.150
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.042	0.088	0.025	0.090	0.114
176	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.017	0.046	0.023	0.052	0.103

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark0.921
2Sweden0.915
3Uruguay0.909
4Switzerland0.907
5Costa Rica0.906

Lowest

176Saudi Arabia0.017
175Qatar0.042
174Eritrea0.070
173China0.084
172North Korea0.085

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.895
LowestEritrea0.007
Middle country: 0.389
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.808
LowestEritrea0.010
Middle country: 0.330
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.880
LowestNorth Korea0.009
Middle country: 0.381
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.885
LowestSouth Sudan0.038
Middle country: 0.336

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 176 in both
58 · 85rose · fell
33unchanged

Rose most

Nepal0.280 → 0.625+0.345
Madagascar0.246 → 0.463+0.217
Mali0.328 → 0.540+0.212
Guinea-Bissau0.288 → 0.439+0.151
Kosovo0.519 → 0.593+0.074

Fell most

Thailand0.446 → 0.162−0.284
Libya0.540 → 0.280−0.260
Bangladesh0.376 → 0.278−0.098
Hungary0.738 → 0.669−0.069
Serbia0.502 → 0.440−0.062

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.

04Caveats

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