Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Barbados or Uruguay?

Uruguay, at 0.693 against 0.676 in Barbados as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uruguay?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Uruguay: Egalitarian Democracy Index

Barbados

0.676

in 2025

Uruguay

0.693

in 2025

Barbados rank

28th

Uruguay rank

25th

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

Barbados
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.693 against 0.676 in Barbados, a difference of 0.017.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.

Barbados ranks 28th and Uruguay ranks 25th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.079	0.2167	0.1377	Uruguay
1910s	0.079	0.2664	0.1874	Uruguay
1920s	0.079	0.3883	0.3093	Uruguay
1930s	0.0792	0.3633	0.2841	Uruguay
1940s	0.1021	0.5515	0.4494	Uruguay
1950s	0.2309	0.6279	0.397	Uruguay
1960s	0.4493	0.596	0.1467	Uruguay
1970s	0.5943	0.2798	0.3145	Barbados
1980s	0.6004	0.4389	0.1615	Barbados
1990s	0.6192	0.7292	0.11	Uruguay
2000s	0.6345	0.7682	0.1337	Uruguay
2010s	0.6463	0.8025	0.1562	Uruguay
2020s	0.6795	0.7035	0.024	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Barbados or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 0.693 against 0.676 in Barbados as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Barbados and Uruguay?: 0.017, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uruguay?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Barbados and Uruguay rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: Barbados ranks 28th and Uruguay ranks 25th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Egalitarian Democracy Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 175 places, 20,734 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, as well as the extent to which the protection of rights, access to power, and distribution of resources is equal.