Data for 2022

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2022

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2022 covers 176 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.915; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.015. The middle country reads 0.513. Against 2021, 165 values changed (66 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2022

HighestDenmark

0.915

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.015

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

176countries
5measures per country
2022the year it describes
163distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.915	0.887	0.702	0.878	0.878
2	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.896	0.853	0.630	0.776	0.811
3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.895	0.833	0.638	0.809	0.828
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.893	0.848	0.795	0.860	0.829
=5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.892	0.827	0.628	0.811	0.784
=5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.892	0.842	0.638	0.861	0.845
=5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.892	0.861	0.639	0.823	0.813
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.878	0.822	0.666	0.772	0.767
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.875	0.807	0.604	0.810	0.761
10	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.872	0.788	0.572	0.827	0.811
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.869	0.827	0.615	0.809	0.784
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.867	0.782	0.612	0.753	0.725
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.866	0.813	0.628	0.797	0.767
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.855	0.806	0.616	0.816	0.794
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.854	0.784	0.559	0.747	0.769
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.852	0.798	0.578	0.806	0.762
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.848	0.745	0.588	0.669	0.644
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.847	0.758	0.578	0.751	0.732
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.846	0.794	0.606	0.768	0.724
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.844	0.768	0.604	0.736	0.701
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.842	0.763	0.658	0.766	0.760
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.841	0.762	0.600	0.718	0.739
23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.837	0.760	0.599	0.600	0.679
=24	Chile`CHL`South America	0.833	0.776	0.591	0.769	0.608
=24	United States`USA`Northern America	0.833	0.769	0.594	0.737	0.606
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.832	0.742	0.607	0.751	0.752
27	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.831	0.654	0.563	0.636	0.654
28	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.829	0.740	0.600	0.696	0.713
29	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.827	0.729	0.653	0.745	0.743
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.823	0.738	0.529	0.724	0.752
31	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.818	0.747	0.652	0.696	0.670
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.808	0.728	0.582	0.707	0.705
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.804	0.681	0.492	0.631	0.624
=34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.802	0.682	0.351	0.713	0.677
=34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.802	0.718	0.537	0.688	0.696
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.798	0.692	0.533	0.677	0.650
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.793	0.734	0.585	0.651	0.686
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.781	0.655	0.509	0.618	0.574
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.780	0.617	0.552	0.637	0.694
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.779	0.645	0.501	0.641	0.675
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.778	0.661	0.499	0.679	0.654
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.762	0.607	0.529	0.659	0.649
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.760	0.643	0.536	0.686	0.605
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.754	0.651	0.459	0.550	0.577
45	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.735	0.648	0.321	0.666	0.610
46	Peru`PER`South America	0.733	0.621	0.505	0.440	0.442
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.725	0.559	0.423	0.568	0.455
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.724	0.636	0.495	0.553	0.552
49	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.718	0.610	0.459	0.620	0.510
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.714	0.640	0.465	0.626	0.571
51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.709	0.516	0.445	0.516	0.444
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.699	0.540	0.449	0.522	0.400
53	Colombia`COL`South America	0.696	0.561	0.488	0.519	0.426
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.692	0.478	0.463	0.622	0.375
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.691	0.542	0.502	0.341	0.482
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.686	0.536	0.437	0.596	0.519
57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.679	0.602	0.473	0.571	0.544
58	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.676	0.508	0.401	0.463	0.492
59	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.663	0.559	0.320	0.554	0.471
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.661	0.504	0.460	0.408	0.379
61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.659	0.505	0.406	0.366	0.404
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.654	0.448	0.407	0.501	0.554
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.650	0.542	0.408	0.427	0.455
64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.648	0.509	0.406	0.500	0.515
65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.631	0.501	0.424	0.385	0.412
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.626	0.503	0.378	0.459	0.314
67	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.621	0.500	0.394	0.463	0.429
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.618	0.409	0.335	0.490	0.409
69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.611	0.512	0.388	0.499	0.361
70	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.607	0.464	0.371	0.495	0.490
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.602	0.440	0.361	0.356	0.407
72	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.587	0.338	0.412	0.368	0.388
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.586	0.436	0.332	0.447	0.385
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.584	0.330	0.408	0.356	0.316
=75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.578	0.430	0.352	0.344	0.242
=75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.578	0.417	0.357	0.362	0.499
=77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.573	0.459	0.372	0.364	0.395
=77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.573	0.462	0.288	0.429	0.393
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.570	0.439	0.368	0.513	0.391
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.561	0.390	0.375	0.471	0.306
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.560	0.373	0.374	0.383	0.369
82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.558	0.466	0.352	0.503	0.476
83	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.550	0.450	0.370	0.464	0.373
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.544	0.389	0.351	0.363	0.261
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.532	0.429	0.319	0.428	0.440
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.521	0.344	0.308	0.336	0.366
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.520	0.436	0.361	0.437	0.328
88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.517	0.428	0.317	0.291	0.385
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.509	0.314	0.289	0.292	0.214
90	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.504	0.387	0.328	0.454	0.345
91	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.501	0.373	0.319	0.419	0.389
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.491	0.329	0.289	0.239	0.357
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.490	0.321	0.327	0.322	0.270
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.477	0.237	0.280	0.236	0.206
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.467	0.369	0.280	0.248	0.266
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.459	0.316	0.273	0.332	0.343
97	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.447	0.335	0.299	0.209	0.317
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.443	0.236	0.299	0.384	0.272
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.423	0.285	0.250	0.256	0.337
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.411	0.277	0.279	0.319	0.178
101	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.408	0.251	0.248	0.268	0.155
102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.405	0.250	0.234	0.294	0.253
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.399	0.216	0.252	0.333	0.289
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.398	0.263	0.212	0.291	0.270
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.397	0.347	0.258	0.324	0.344
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.396	0.195	0.247	0.248	0.171
107	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.395	0.328	0.111	0.332	0.347
108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.392	0.235	0.257	0.336	0.315
109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.385	0.204	0.234	0.260	0.204
110	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.384	0.291	0.253	0.282	0.219
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.380	0.237	0.200	0.232	0.269
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.379	0.227	0.245	0.279	0.134
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.378	0.118	0.222	0.144	0.156
114	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.377	0.147	0.178	0.189	0.224
115	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.366	0.240	0.233	0.239	0.231
116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.362	0.199	0.244	0.281	0.274
117	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.357	0.259	0.243	0.222	0.316
118	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.336	0.150	0.198	0.251	0.169
=119	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.326	0.153	0.100	0.150	0.125
=119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.326	0.169	0.128	0.160	0.158
121	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.300	0.134	0.165	0.260	0.188
122	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.298	0.281	0.098	0.267	0.228
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.292	0.186	0.221	0.229	0.187
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.291	0.138	0.123	0.124	0.193
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.285	0.110	0.168	0.080	0.202
126	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.283	0.196	0.212	0.285	0.295
127	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.275	0.224	0.177	0.279	0.227
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.272	0.124	0.194	0.149	0.216
=129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.269	0.126	0.101	0.177	0.256
=129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.269	0.185	0.170	0.251	0.166
131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.265	0.134	0.110	0.190	0.206
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.262	0.252	0.155	0.252	0.202
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.261	0.091	0.109	0.115	0.099
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.256	0.244	0.121	0.217	0.189
135	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.250	0.119	0.144	0.143	0.189
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.243	0.114	0.193	0.167	0.137
137	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.233	0.154	0.118	0.204	0.076
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.231	0.147	0.170	0.233	0.190
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.219	0.110	0.163	0.208	0.199
140	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.216	0.195	0.112	0.088	0.162
141	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.213	0.078	0.062	0.157	0.158
142	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.209	0.054	0.140	0.045	0.103
=143	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.206	0.108	0.155	0.227	0.127
=143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.206	0.070	0.135	0.077	0.158
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.199	0.059	0.066	0.079	0.091
146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.189	0.077	0.067	0.075	0.106
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.185	0.062	0.054	0.046	0.109
148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.183	0.123	0.080	0.098	0.103
149	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.178	0.056	0.055	0.104	0.238
150	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.173	0.049	0.050	0.045	0.106
=151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.172	0.082	0.148	0.079	0.139
=151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.172	0.138	0.125	0.065	0.180
153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.171	0.036	0.062	0.031	0.229
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.164	0.036	0.055	0.049	0.066
155	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.160	0.149	0.051	0.053	0.215
=156	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.158	0.027	0.102	0.019	0.083
=156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.158	0.114	0.089	0.172	0.092
=156	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.158	0.048	0.084	0.066	0.058
159	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.152	0.106	0.159	0.174	0.179
=160	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.148	0.078	0.034	0.086	0.149
=160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.148	0.032	0.031	0.023	0.083
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.145	0.041	0.090	0.100	0.068
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.137	0.031	0.043	0.024	0.056
164	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.135	0.064	0.053	0.060	0.121
165	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.134	0.113	0.114	0.055	0.120
166	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.063	0.049	0.044	0.032
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.123	0.041	0.068	0.044	0.021
168	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.117	0.097	0.109	0.050	0.065
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.101	0.086	0.030	0.082	0.130
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.087	0.016	0.048	0.042	0.059
171	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.086	0.081	0.018	0.104	0.103
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.083	0.014	0.044	0.010	0.087
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.076	0.011	0.011	0.027	0.020
174	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.075	0.042	0.037	0.096	0.082
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.071	0.012	0.010	0.032	0.131
176	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.015	0.046	0.028	0.061	0.106

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark0.915
2Estonia0.896
3Belgium0.895
4Switzerland0.893
5Irelandshared0.892

Lowest

176Saudi Arabia0.015
175Eritrea0.071
174China0.075
173Afghanistan0.076
172North Korea0.083

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.513. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.887
LowestAfghanistan0.011
Middle country: 0.358
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.795
LowestEritrea0.010
Middle country: 0.318
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.878
LowestNorth Korea0.010
Middle country: 0.343
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.878
LowestAfghanistan0.020
Middle country: 0.340

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
165values changed, of 176 in both
66 · 99rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Honduras0.394 → 0.544+0.150
Gambia0.507 → 0.621+0.114
Zambia0.421 → 0.520+0.099
Slovenia0.715 → 0.808+0.093
Czechia0.789 → 0.854+0.065

Fell most

Burkina Faso0.634 → 0.275−0.359
Tunisia0.535 → 0.283−0.252
Guinea-Bissau0.535 → 0.377−0.158
Ukraine0.537 → 0.392−0.145
Haiti0.330 → 0.233−0.097

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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