Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Bulgaria or Sao Tome and Principe?

Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.448 against 0.442 in Bulgaria as of 2025.

What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.006, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe?

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.

Bulgaria vs Sao Tome and Principe: Egalitarian Democracy Index

Bulgaria

0.442

in 2025

Sao Tome and Principe

0.448

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

63rd

Sao Tome and Principe rank

62nd

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

Bulgaria
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.448 against 0.442 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 63rd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 62nd of 175 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.1847	0.045	0.1397	Bulgaria
1910s	0.1824	0.0459	0.1365	Bulgaria
1920s	0.1769	0.0457	0.1312	Bulgaria
1930s	0.1606	0.045	0.1156	Bulgaria
1940s	0.1919	0.045	0.1469	Bulgaria
1950s	0.2544	0.045	0.2094	Bulgaria
1960s	0.2588	0.0465	0.2123	Bulgaria
1970s	0.2592	0.1027	0.1565	Bulgaria
1980s	0.2583	0.1597	0.0986	Bulgaria
1990s	0.5523	0.4013	0.151	Bulgaria
2000s	0.5596	0.4451	0.1145	Bulgaria
2010s	0.5066	0.46	0.0466	Bulgaria
2020s	0.4895	0.4547	0.0348	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Bulgaria or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.448 against 0.442 in Bulgaria as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.006, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: Bulgaria ranks 63rd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 62nd 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: 28 August 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.