Egalitarian Democracy Index by country
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.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
0.876
Denmark
Lowest
0.016
Afghanistan
Median
0.317
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
20,734
What the numbers show
Egalitarian Democracy Index is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0.876 in Denmark; the lowest is 0.016 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.317, and the mean is 0.3584.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 55.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 155.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 92.0%).
Egalitarian Democracy Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 0.876 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 0.844 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 0.821 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 0.82 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 5 | Estonia | 0.81 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Sweden | 0.802 | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 9 | Czechia | 0.767 | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Germany | 0.766 | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 0.762 | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Japan | 0.758 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Netherlands | 0.739 | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 14 | Latvia | 0.73 | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Iceland | 0.728 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 0.726 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 16 | New Zealand | 0.726 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 0.723 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 19 | France | 0.721 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 20 | South Korea | 0.712 | 2025 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Finland | 0.707 | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 22 | Taiwan | 0.702 | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Spain | 0.695 | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Uruguay | 0.693 | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 26 | Lithuania | 0.686 | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Cyprus | 0.684 | 2025 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Barbados | 0.676 | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Poland | 0.671 | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.661 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Jamaica | 0.658 | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Italy | 0.652 | 2025 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | 0.64 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Greece | 0.64 | 2025 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Seychelles | 0.632 | 2025 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Canada | 0.626 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 0.614 | 2025 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 0.612 | 2025 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 39 | Slovenia | 0.604 | 2025 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Suriname | 0.6 | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 0.587 | 2025 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 42 | Mauritius | 0.576 | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Slovakia | 0.566 | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 0.565 | 2025 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Cape Verde | 0.557 | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Israel | 0.549 | 2025 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 47 | Croatia | 0.543 | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Brazil | 0.54 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 49 | South Africa | 0.518 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Montenegro | 0.501 | 2025 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Argentina | 0.5 | 2025 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Ghana | 0.493 | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Armenia | 0.491 | 2025 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 54 | Lesotho | 0.49 | 2025 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Botswana | 0.48 | 2025 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 56 | East Timor | 0.473 | 2025 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 57 | United States | 0.472 | 2025 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 58 | Bhutan | 0.463 | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Senegal | 0.46 | 2025 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 0.453 | 2025 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Gambia | 0.452 | 2025 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.448 | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 0.442 | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 64 | Moldova | 0.44 | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Solomon Islands | 0.439 | 2025 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Romania | 0.424 | 2025 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | 0.422 | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Colombia | 0.405 | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 0.405 | 2025 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Bolivia | 0.394 | 2025 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Peru | 0.388 | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Benin | 0.387 | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Liberia | 0.386 | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Mongolia | 0.382 | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Guyana | 0.38 | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Malaysia | 0.38 | 2025 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 0.373 | 2025 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Maldives | 0.371 | 2025 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Fiji | 0.37 | 2025 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Singapore | 0.37 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.359 | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 82 | Albania | 0.351 | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 83 | Kenya | 0.347 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Namibia | 0.345 | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Guatemala | 0.338 | 2025 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 0.336 | 2025 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Tunisia | 0.323 | 2025 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Tanzania | 0.318 | 2025 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Malawi | 0.317 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Nigeria | 0.317 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Georgia | 0.311 | 2025 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Ukraine | 0.301 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 93 | Hungary | 0.296 | 2025 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Serbia | 0.276 | 2025 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Ecuador | 0.268 | 2025 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Zambia | 0.266 | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Mexico | 0.265 | 2025 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Honduras | 0.256 | 2025 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Lebanon | 0.254 | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 100 | Indonesia | 0.252 | 2025 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 0.248 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 102 | Thailand | 0.247 | 2025 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Gabon | 0.246 | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Paraguay | 0.241 | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Togo | 0.241 | 2025 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.237 | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.235 | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 108 | Belarus | 0.228 | 2025 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 109 | Cuba | 0.224 | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 110 | Comoros | 0.222 | 2025 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 0.219 | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Niger | 0.214 | 2025 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Jordan | 0.211 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 114 | Turkey | 0.208 | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Algeria | 0.207 | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 0.204 | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 117 | Morocco | 0.203 | 2025 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 118 | India | 0.201 | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Iraq | 0.197 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 120 | Djibouti | 0.193 | 2025 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Mozambique | 0.188 | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Cameroon | 0.178 | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 123 | Oman | 0.174 | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.171 | 2025 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Kuwait | 0.171 | 2025 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 124 | Mali | 0.171 | 2025 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Madagascar | 0.17 | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Philippines | 0.169 | 2025 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Rwanda | 0.167 | 2025 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Vietnam | 0.163 | 2025 | down 18.5% | flat |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 0.161 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 0.157 | 2025 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 132 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.157 | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 0.153 | 2025 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 135 | Iran | 0.152 | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Guinea | 0.149 | 2025 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.142 | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 138 | Uganda | 0.139 | 2025 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 0.135 | 2025 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Russia | 0.13 | 2025 | down 36.6% | rising |
| 141 | Angola | 0.129 | 2025 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Bahrain | 0.127 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 143 | Syria | 0.126 | 2025 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 144 | El Salvador | 0.125 | 2025 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 0.124 | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 0.124 | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 147 | Libya | 0.123 | 2025 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 147 | Pakistan | 0.123 | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 0.115 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 0.114 | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Laos | 0.114 | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Saudi Arabia | 0.113 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 153 | Eritrea | 0.108 | 2025 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.108 | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Congo | 0.107 | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Egypt | 0.106 | 2025 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 157 | Palestine | 0.105 | 1948 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 158 | Qatar | 0.101 | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 159 | Somalia | 0.099 | 2025 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Burundi | 0.096 | 2025 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 161 | North Korea | 0.093 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 0.087 | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 163 | Nicaragua | 0.085 | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Cambodia | 0.084 | 2025 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Chad | 0.084 | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 166 | Venezuela | 0.08 | 2025 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 167 | China | 0.078 | 2025 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 167 | Sudan | 0.078 | 2025 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 169 | Eswatini | 0.077 | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Haiti | 0.076 | 2025 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Tajikistan | 0.06 | 2025 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 172 | Myanmar | 0.057 | 2025 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Yemen | 0.033 | 2025 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 174 | South Sudan | 0.032 | 2025 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.016 | 2025 | down 92.0% | volatile |
About this data
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.