What is the highest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

The highest recorded value was 0.445 in 2003.

What is the lowest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

The lowest recorded value was 0.066 in 1942.

How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for egalitarian democracy index?

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 81st out of 175 countries with data for 2025.

Is egalitarian democracy index rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Egalitarian Democracy Index in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Name: Egalitarian Democracy Index in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Egalitarian Democracy Index was 0.359 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.359

Change on year

up 0.6%

World rank

81st

of 175 countries

All-time high

0.445

in 2003

All-time low

0.066

in 1942

Years of data

104

1919–2025

Egalitarian Democracy Index in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1919–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 0.359 for egalitarian democracy index in 2025.

The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, egalitarian democracy index in Bosnia and Herzegovina peaked at 0.445 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.066, in 1942.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 81st of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 104 years of available data.

Egalitarian Democracy Index in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year

Annual values for Egalitarian Democracy Index in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1919 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1919	0.105	—
1920	0.105	+0.0%
1921	0.106	+1.0%
1922	0.106	+0.0%
1923	0.106	+0.0%
1924	0.106	+0.0%
1925	0.106	+0.0%
1926	0.106	+0.0%
1927	0.106	+0.0%
1928	0.104	-1.9%
1929	0.1	-3.8%
1930	0.101	+1.0%
1931	0.101	+0.0%
1935	0.109	+7.9%
1936	0.11	+0.9%
1937	0.11	+0.0%
1938	0.11	+0.0%
1939	0.11	+0.0%
1940	0.102	-7.3%
1941	0.074	-27.5%
1942	0.066	-10.8%
1943	0.066	+0.0%
1944	0.075	+13.6%
1945	0.16	+113.3%
1946	0.197	+23.1%
1947	0.196	-0.5%
1948	0.196	+0.0%
1949	0.196	+0.0%
1950	0.198	+1.0%
1951	0.198	+0.0%
1952	0.198	+0.0%
1953	0.198	+0.0%
1954	0.198	+0.0%
1955	0.198	+0.0%
1956	0.198	+0.0%
1957	0.198	+0.0%
1958	0.198	+0.0%
1959	0.198	+0.0%
1960	0.198	+0.0%
1961	0.198	+0.0%
1962	0.198	+0.0%
1963	0.198	+0.0%
1964	0.198	+0.0%
1965	0.193	-2.5%
1966	0.193	+0.0%
1967	0.193	+0.0%
1968	0.193	+0.0%
1969	0.193	+0.0%
1970	0.193	+0.0%
1971	0.193	+0.0%
1972	0.194	+0.5%
1973	0.194	+0.0%
1974	0.193	-0.5%
1975	0.189	-2.1%
1976	0.189	+0.0%
1977	0.189	+0.0%
1978	0.191	+1.1%
1979	0.194	+1.6%
1980	0.2	+3.1%
1981	0.207	+3.5%
1982	0.205	-1.0%
1983	0.205	+0.0%
1984	0.206	+0.5%
1985	0.206	+0.0%
1986	0.207	+0.5%
1987	0.207	+0.0%
1988	0.207	+0.0%
1989	0.207	+0.0%
1990	0.219	+5.8%
1991	0.196	-10.5%
1992	0.166	-15.3%
1993	0.166	+0.0%
1994	0.147	-11.4%
1995	0.147	+0.0%
1996	0.227	+54.4%
1997	0.396	+74.4%
1998	0.395	-0.3%
1999	0.409	+3.5%
2000	0.433	+5.9%
2001	0.433	+0.0%
2002	0.43	-0.7%
2003	0.445	+3.5%
2004	0.437	-1.8%
2005	0.437	+0.0%
2006	0.424	-3.0%
2007	0.385	-9.2%
2008	0.386	+0.3%
2009	0.389	+0.8%
2010	0.401	+3.1%
2011	0.4	-0.2%
2012	0.398	-0.5%
2013	0.395	-0.8%
2014	0.396	+0.3%
2015	0.388	-2.0%
2016	0.383	-1.3%
2017	0.386	+0.8%
2018	0.368	-4.7%
2019	0.363	-1.4%
2020	0.367	+1.1%
2021	0.367	+0.0%
2022	0.366	-0.3%
2023	0.355	-3.0%
2024	0.357	+0.6%
2025	0.359	+0.6%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1910s	0.105	0.105	0.105	1
1920s	0.1051	0.1	0.106	10
1930s	0.1073	0.101	0.11	7
1940s	0.1328	0.066	0.197	10
1950s	0.198	0.198	0.198	10
1960s	0.1955	0.193	0.198	10
1970s	0.1919	0.189	0.194	10
1980s	0.2057	0.2	0.207	10
1990s	0.2468	0.147	0.409	10
2000s	0.4199	0.385	0.445	10
2010s	0.3878	0.363	0.401	10
2020s	0.3618	0.355	0.367	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is egalitarian democracy index in Bosnia and Herzegovina?: Egalitarian democracy index in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 0.359 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?: The highest recorded value was 0.445 in 2003.
What is the lowest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?: The lowest recorded value was 0.066 in 1942.
How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for egalitarian democracy index?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 81st out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
Is egalitarian democracy index rising or falling in Bosnia and Herzegovina?: Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.