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

0.005, with Saudi Arabia ahead.

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

94 years are reported by both, from 1932 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 Saudi Arabia: Egalitarian Democracy Index

Equatorial Guinea

0.108

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

0.113

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

153rd

Saudi Arabia rank

152nd

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

Equatorial Guinea
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.113 against 0.108 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 94 shared years of data; in 1932 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 153rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 152nd of 175 countries.

Across the 10 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Saudi Arabia in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Saudi Arabia	Difference	Ahead
1930s	0.01	0.0279	0.0179	Saudi Arabia
1940s	0.0125	0.028	0.0155	Saudi Arabia
1950s	0.0192	0.0422	0.023	Saudi Arabia
1960s	0.0333	0.0562	0.0229	Saudi Arabia
1970s	0.0402	0.0739	0.0337	Saudi Arabia
1980s	0.0943	0.1038	0.0095	Saudi Arabia
1990s	0.1072	0.1089	0.0017	Saudi Arabia
2000s	0.0993	0.1012	0.0019	Saudi Arabia
2010s	0.1042	0.1048	0.0006	Saudi Arabia
2020s	0.1103	0.11	0.0003	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Equatorial Guinea or Saudi Arabia?: Saudi Arabia, at 0.113 against 0.108 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Equatorial Guinea and Saudi Arabia?: 0.005, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Saudi Arabia?: 94 years are reported by both, from 1932 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Saudi Arabia rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 153rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 152nd 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.