Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Gabon or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 0.248 against 0.246 in Gabon as of 2025.

What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Gabon and Papua New Guinea?

0.002, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Papua New Guinea?

116 years are reported by both, from 1910 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.

Gabon vs Papua New Guinea: Egalitarian Democracy Index

Gabon

0.246

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.248

in 2025

Gabon rank

103rd

Papua New Guinea rank

101st

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

Gabon
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.248 against 0.246 in Gabon, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 116 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Gabon ranks 103rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 101st of 175 countries.

Across the 12 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 10.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1910s	0.015	0.0175	0.0025	Papua New Guinea
1920s	0.015	0.017	0.002	Papua New Guinea
1930s	0.015	0.019	0.004	Papua New Guinea
1940s	0.0187	0.0356	0.0169	Papua New Guinea
1950s	0.034	0.0696	0.0356	Papua New Guinea
1960s	0.0808	0.0917	0.0109	Papua New Guinea
1970s	0.087	0.2389	0.1519	Papua New Guinea
1980s	0.1066	0.31	0.2034	Papua New Guinea
1990s	0.2049	0.2991	0.0942	Papua New Guinea
2000s	0.2546	0.294	0.0394	Papua New Guinea
2010s	0.2851	0.2534	0.0317	Gabon
2020s	0.2602	0.254	0.0062	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Gabon or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.248 against 0.246 in Gabon as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Gabon and Papua New Guinea?: 0.002, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Papua New Guinea?: 116 years are reported by both, from 1910 to 2025.
How do Gabon and Papua New Guinea rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: Gabon ranks 103rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 101st 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.