Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Equatorial Guinea or Eritrea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 0.108 against 0.108 in Eritrea as of 2025.

What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea?

0, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea?

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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Eritrea: Egalitarian Democracy Index

Equatorial Guinea

0.108

in 2025

Eritrea

0.108

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

153rd

Eritrea rank

153rd

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.108 against 0.108 in Eritrea, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Eritrea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 153rd and Eritrea ranks 153rd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Eritrea in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.008	0.044	0.036	Eritrea
1910s	0.008	0.044	0.036	Eritrea
1920s	0.0081	0.0452	0.0371	Eritrea
1930s	0.01	0.04	0.03	Eritrea
1940s	0.0125	0.0879	0.0754	Eritrea
1950s	0.0192	0.08	0.0608	Eritrea
1960s	0.0333	0.0629	0.0296	Eritrea
1970s	0.0402	0.0747	0.0345	Eritrea
1980s	0.0943	0.079	0.0153	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	0.1072	0.1475	0.0403	Eritrea
2000s	0.0993	0.1429	0.0436	Eritrea
2010s	0.1042	0.1407	0.0365	Eritrea
2020s	0.1103	0.1098	0.0005	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Equatorial Guinea or Eritrea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.108 against 0.108 in Eritrea as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea?: 0, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Eritrea rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 153rd and Eritrea ranks 153rd 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.