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

0.009, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

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

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.

Sao Tome and Principe vs Solomon Islands: Egalitarian Democracy Index

Sao Tome and Principe

0.448

in 2025

Solomon Islands

0.439

in 2025

Sao Tome and Principe rank

62nd

Solomon Islands rank

65th

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

Sao Tome and Principe
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.448 against 0.439 in Solomon Islands, a difference of 0.009.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 62nd and Solomon Islands ranks 65th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 9 and Solomon Islands in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sao Tome and Principe	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.045	0.028	0.017	Sao Tome and Principe
1910s	0.0459	0.028	0.0179	Sao Tome and Principe
1920s	0.0457	0.029	0.0167	Sao Tome and Principe
1930s	0.045	0.0288	0.0162	Sao Tome and Principe
1940s	0.045	0.0285	0.0165	Sao Tome and Principe
1950s	0.045	0.0485	0.0035	Solomon Islands
1960s	0.0465	0.1131	0.0666	Solomon Islands
1970s	0.1027	0.2041	0.1014	Solomon Islands
1980s	0.1597	0.3208	0.1611	Solomon Islands
1990s	0.4013	0.316	0.0853	Sao Tome and Principe
2000s	0.4451	0.2951	0.15	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	0.46	0.3507	0.1093	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	0.4547	0.414	0.0407	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, Sao Tome and Principe or Solomon Islands?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.448 against 0.439 in Solomon Islands as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands?: 0.009, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: Sao Tome and Principe ranks 62nd and Solomon Islands ranks 65th 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.