What is egalitarian democracy index in Israel?

Egalitarian democracy index in Israel was 0.549 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Israel?

The highest recorded value was 0.64 in 1997.

What is the lowest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Israel?

The lowest recorded value was 0.053 in 1900.

How does Israel rank for egalitarian democracy index?

Israel ranks 46th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.

Is egalitarian democracy index rising or falling in Israel?

Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Israel 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 Israel

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

Israel: Egalitarian Democracy Index was 0.549 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.549

Change on year

down 1.8%

World rank

46th

of 175 countries

All-time high

0.64

in 1997

All-time low

0.053

in 1900

Years of data

1900–2025

Egalitarian Democracy Index in Israel, 1900–2025

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

Analysis

Israel recorded 0.549 for egalitarian democracy index in 2025.

That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, egalitarian democracy index in Israel peaked at 0.64 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.053, in 1900.

That places Israel 46th out of 175 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 98 years of available data.

Egalitarian Democracy Index in Israel, year by year

Annual values for Egalitarian Democracy Index in Israel, 1900 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1900	0.053	—
1901	0.053	+0.0%
1902	0.053	+0.0%
1903	0.053	+0.0%
1904	0.053	+0.0%
1905	0.053	+0.0%
1906	0.053	+0.0%
1907	0.053	+0.0%
1908	0.062	+17.0%
1909	0.08	+29.0%
1910	0.078	-2.5%
1911	0.076	-2.6%
1912	0.073	-3.9%
1913	0.067	-8.2%
1914	0.061	-9.0%
1915	0.061	+0.0%
1916	0.061	+0.0%
1917	0.061	+0.0%
1918	0.061	+0.0%
1919	0.073	+19.7%
1948	0.254	+247.9%
1949	0.415	+63.4%
1950	0.427	+2.9%
1951	0.429	+0.5%
1952	0.431	+0.5%
1953	0.424	-1.6%
1954	0.432	+1.9%
1955	0.435	+0.7%
1956	0.436	+0.2%
1957	0.444	+1.8%
1958	0.444	+0.0%
1959	0.436	-1.8%
1960	0.455	+4.4%
1961	0.462	+1.5%
1962	0.464	+0.4%
1963	0.464	+0.0%
1964	0.464	+0.0%
1965	0.454	-2.2%
1966	0.467	+2.9%
1967	0.487	+4.3%
1968	0.497	+2.1%
1969	0.499	+0.4%
1970	0.51	+2.2%
1971	0.51	+0.0%
1972	0.522	+2.4%
1973	0.522	+0.0%
1974	0.56	+7.3%
1975	0.579	+3.4%
1976	0.579	+0.0%
1977	0.584	+0.9%
1978	0.6	+2.7%
1979	0.6	+0.0%
1980	0.6	+0.0%
1981	0.601	+0.2%
1982	0.603	+0.3%
1983	0.603	+0.0%
1984	0.597	-1.0%
1985	0.594	-0.5%
1986	0.603	+1.5%
1987	0.609	+1.0%
1988	0.601	-1.3%
1989	0.609	+1.3%
1990	0.609	+0.0%
1991	0.613	+0.7%
1992	0.607	-1.0%
1993	0.607	+0.0%
1994	0.615	+1.3%
1995	0.637	+3.6%
1996	0.639	+0.3%
1997	0.64	+0.2%
1998	0.64	+0.0%
1999	0.638	-0.3%
2000	0.633	-0.8%
2001	0.628	-0.8%
2002	0.63	+0.3%
2003	0.627	-0.5%
2004	0.627	+0.0%
2005	0.627	+0.0%
2006	0.631	+0.6%
2007	0.629	-0.3%
2008	0.629	+0.0%
2009	0.621	-1.3%
2010	0.618	-0.5%
2011	0.621	+0.5%
2012	0.618	-0.5%
2013	0.598	-3.2%
2014	0.598	+0.0%
2015	0.596	-0.3%
2016	0.591	-0.8%
2017	0.569	-3.7%
2018	0.562	-1.2%
2019	0.562	+0.0%
2020	0.579	+3.0%
2021	0.579	+0.0%
2022	0.571	-1.4%
2023	0.558	-2.3%
2024	0.559	+0.2%
2025	0.549	-1.8%

Israel compared with similar countries

Israel's 0.549 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.671, 82% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Israel's 0.549 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.152, 3.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Egalitarian Democracy Index in Israel changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1948	+247.9%	0.073	0.254
1949	+63.4%	0.254	0.415
1909	+29.0%	0.062	0.08

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1900s	0.0566	0.053	0.08	10
1910s	0.0672	0.061	0.078	10
1940s	0.3345	0.254	0.415	2
1950s	0.4338	0.424	0.444	10
1960s	0.4713	0.454	0.499	10
1970s	0.5566	0.51	0.6	10
1980s	0.602	0.594	0.609	10
1990s	0.6245	0.607	0.64	10
2000s	0.6282	0.621	0.633	10
2010s	0.5933	0.562	0.621	10
2020s	0.5658	0.549	0.579	6

Countries ranked near Israel

43 Slovakia 0.566 compare
44 Vanuatu 0.565 compare
45 Cape Verde 0.557 compare
47 Croatia 0.543 compare
48 Brazil 0.54 compare
49 South Africa 0.518 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is egalitarian democracy index in Israel?: Egalitarian democracy index in Israel was 0.549 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Israel?: The highest recorded value was 0.64 in 1997.
What is the lowest egalitarian democracy index recorded in Israel?: The lowest recorded value was 0.053 in 1900.
How does Israel rank for egalitarian democracy index?: Israel ranks 46th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
Is egalitarian democracy index rising or falling in Israel?: Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Israel 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: 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.