Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Belarus or Hong Kong?

Belarus, at 0.228 against 0.219 in Hong Kong as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Hong Kong?

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.

Belarus vs Hong Kong: Egalitarian Democracy Index

Belarus

0.228

in 2025

Hong Kong

0.219

in 2025

Belarus rank

108th

Hong Kong rank

111th

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

Belarus
Hong Kong

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 0.228 against 0.219 in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Hong Kong ahead.

Belarus ranks 108th and Hong Kong ranks 111th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 8 and Hong Kong in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Hong Kong	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.043	0.096	0.053	Hong Kong
1910s	0.0726	0.096	0.0234	Hong Kong
1920s	0.1822	0.0969	0.0853	Belarus
1930s	0.1875	0.0998	0.0877	Belarus
1940s	0.1875	0.0971	0.0904	Belarus
1950s	0.2142	0.1187	0.0955	Belarus
1960s	0.2195	0.1238	0.0957	Belarus
1970s	0.2232	0.1745	0.0487	Belarus
1980s	0.2246	0.2252	0.0006	Hong Kong
1990s	0.3945	0.3148	0.0797	Belarus
2000s	0.2716	0.3255	0.0539	Hong Kong
2010s	0.2742	0.3029	0.0287	Hong Kong
2020s	0.2285	0.2223	0.0062	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Belarus or Hong Kong?: Belarus, at 0.228 against 0.219 in Hong Kong as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Belarus and Hong Kong?: 0.009, with Belarus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Hong Kong?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Belarus and Hong Kong rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: Belarus ranks 108th and Hong Kong ranks 111th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belarus vs Hong Kong: Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 07 November 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/egalitarian-democracy-index-vdem/belarus/hong-kong-sar-china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/egalitarian-democracy-index-vdem/belarus/hong-kong-sar-china/">Belarus vs Hong Kong: Egalitarian Democracy Index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.