Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Malta or Taiwan?

Taiwan, at 0.702 against 0.694 in Malta as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Taiwan?

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.

Malta vs Taiwan: Egalitarian Democracy Index

Malta

0.694

in 2025

Taiwan

0.702

in 2025

Malta rank

24th

Taiwan rank

22nd

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

Malta
Taiwan

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 0.702 against 0.694 in Malta, a difference of 0.008.

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

Malta ranks 24th and Taiwan ranks 22nd of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 11 and Taiwan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Taiwan	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.112	0.058	0.054	Malta
1910s	0.112	0.058	0.054	Malta
1920s	0.2024	0.0607	0.1417	Malta
1930s	0.166	0.0592	0.1068	Malta
1940s	0.2269	0.0788	0.1481	Malta
1950s	0.4247	0.1138	0.3109	Malta
1960s	0.4587	0.1177	0.341	Malta
1970s	0.5698	0.1394	0.4304	Malta
1980s	0.5775	0.1991	0.3784	Malta
1990s	0.662	0.3812	0.2808	Malta
2000s	0.6844	0.6783	0.0061	Malta
2010s	0.6853	0.7201	0.0348	Taiwan
2020s	0.6883	0.7257	0.0373	Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Malta or Taiwan?: Taiwan, at 0.702 against 0.694 in Malta as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Malta and Taiwan?: 0.008, with Taiwan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Taiwan?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Malta and Taiwan rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: Malta ranks 24th and Taiwan ranks 22nd 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

Malta vs Taiwan: Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 08 November 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/egalitarian-democracy-index-vdem/malta/taiwan/

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/malta/taiwan/">Malta vs Taiwan: 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.