Which countries rank highest on egalitarian democracy?

Every country ranked by the V-Dem egalitarian democracy index index for 2025 (179 countries, 0–100 scale).

Egalitarian Democracy Index rankings, 2025 — 179 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	87.6	−0.4	−0.8
2	🇳🇴 Norway	84.4	+0.1	−1.7
3	🇧🇪 Belgium	82.1	−0.3	−1.4
4	🇨🇭 Switzerland	82.0	0.0	−1.7
5	🇪🇪 Estonia	81.0	+0.5	+1.5
6	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	81.0	+0.7	−1.3
7	🇸🇪 Sweden	80.2	+0.8	−4.8
8	🇮🇪 Ireland	77.5	−0.8	−0.2
9	🇨🇿 Czechia	76.7	−1.6	−0.2
10	🇩🇪 Germany	76.6	+0.4	−6.1
11	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	76.2	0.0	−5.3
12	🇯🇵 Japan	75.8	+0.6	+2.0
13	🇳🇱 Netherlands	73.9	+1.1	−6.3
14	🇱🇻 Latvia	73.0	+0.8	+0.4
15	🇮🇸 Iceland	72.8	−3.6	−6.6
16	🇦🇺 Australia	72.6	+0.3	−3.0
17	🇳🇿 New Zealand	72.6	−1.9	−5.2
18	🇦🇹 Austria	72.3	−0.1	−4.5
19	🇫🇷 France	72.1	−0.3	−8.0
20	🇰🇷 South Korea	71.2	+9.4	+11.5
21	🇫🇮 Finland	70.7	+0.4	−10.1
22	🇹🇼 Taiwan	70.2	+0.3	−0.7
23	🇪🇸 Spain	69.5	+0.1	−6.2
24	🇲🇹 Malta	69.4	0.0	+1.6
25	🇺🇾 Uruguay	69.3	+1.2	−10.6
26	🇱🇹 Lithuania	68.6	−1.0	−6.1
27	🇨🇾 Cyprus	68.4	−0.3	−5.4
28	🇧🇧 Barbados	67.6	−0.5	+4.1
29	🇵🇱 Poland	67.1	+3.6	−11.5
30	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	66.1	+1.1	+0.7
31	🇯🇲 Jamaica	65.8	+0.8	+5.2
32	🇮🇹 Italy	65.2	−4.1	−13.3
33	🇨🇱 Chile	64.0	+1.5	−2.5
34	🇬🇷 Greece	64.0	−0.7	−14.4
35	🇸🇨 Seychelles	63.2	+2.0	+21.5
36	🇨🇦 Canada	62.6	−0.4	−3.9
37	🇵🇹 Portugal	61.4	−7.5	−18.2
38	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	61.2	−6.3	−11.6
39	🇸🇮 Slovenia	60.4	−3.1	−18.4
40	🇸🇷 Suriname	60.0	+2.4	+4.0
41	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	58.7	+10.6	+22.6
42	🇲🇺 Mauritius	57.6	+19.4	−2.5
43	🇸🇰 Slovakia	56.6	−1.6	−10.5
44	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	56.5	−5.8	−4.0
45	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	55.7	−1.1	−8.2
46	🇮🇱 Israel	54.9	−1.0	−4.7
47	🇭🇷 Croatia	54.3	−1.3	−11.3
48	🇧🇷 Brazil	54.0	−2.9	−6.8
49	🇿🇦 South Africa	51.8	+0.6	+0.2
50	🇲🇪 Montenegro	50.1	−1.1	+10.5
51	🇦🇷 Argentina	50.0	−4.4	−10.3
52	🇬🇭 Ghana	49.3	+3.4	−4.4
53	🇦🇲 Armenia	49.1	−1.7	+20.9
54	🇱🇸 Lesotho	49.0	−0.9	+0.5
55	🇧🇼 Botswana	48.0	+4.8	−0.5
56	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	47.3	−0.1	+6.8
57	🇺🇸 United States of America	47.2	−14.0	−25.6
58	🇧🇹 Bhutan	46.3	−1.5	−0.7
59	🇸🇳 Senegal	46.0	+1.7	−8.3
60	🇽🇰 Kosovo	45.9	−0.2	+2.5
61	🇵🇦 Panama	45.3	−1.8	−4.4
62	🇬🇲 The Gambia	45.2	+0.9	+27.5
63	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	44.8	0.0	−1.7
64	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	44.2	−4.0	−7.7
65	🇲🇩 Moldova	44.0	−5.3	+1.3
66	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	43.9	+0.6	+9.2
67	🇷🇴 Romania	42.4	−1.8	−13.0
68	🇳🇵 Nepal	42.2	−1.1	−1.6
69	🇨🇴 Colombia	40.5	−2.0	−1.5
70	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	40.5	+0.6	+8.4
71	🇧🇴 Bolivia	39.4	+1.4	−2.2
72	🇵🇪 Peru	38.8	+0.8	−12.0
73	🇧🇯 Benin	38.7	+0.2	−11.0
74	🇱🇷 Liberia	38.6	−1.4	−0.6
75	🇲🇳 Mongolia	38.2	+3.0	−14.6
76	🇬🇾 Guyana	38.0	+1.4	−8.3
77	🇲🇾 Malaysia	38.0	+0.4	+15.3
78	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	37.3	+0.5	+6.4
79	🇲🇻 Maldives	37.1	−0.2	+13.6
80	🇫🇯 Fiji	37.0	−0.7	+8.1
81	🇸🇬 Singapore	37.0	+1.0	+0.3
82	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	35.9	+0.2	−2.9
83	🇦🇱 Albania	35.1	−1.6	−2.3
84	🇰🇪 Kenya	34.7	+0.4	+1.4
85	🇳🇦 Namibia	34.5	+2.3	−12.7
86	🇬🇹 Guatemala	33.8	+4.0	+8.9
87	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	33.6	+0.7	+3.6
88	🇹🇳 Tunisia	32.3	−1.6	−26.2
89	🇹🇿 Tanzania	31.8	−2.1	−3.7
90	🇳🇬 Nigeria	31.7	+1.9	+0.9
91	🇲🇼 Malawi	31.7	−0.9	−0.5
92	🇬🇪 Georgia	31.1	−6.3	−22.0
93	🇺🇦 Ukraine	30.1	+1.1	+0.6
94	🇭🇺 Hungary	29.6	−1.7	−17.1
95	🇷🇸 Serbia	27.6	−0.7	−6.2
96	🇪🇨 Ecuador	26.8	−3.7	−10.9
97	🇿🇲 Zambia	26.6	−6.4	−2.8
98	🇲🇽 Mexico	26.5	−1.1	−6.4
99	🇭🇳 Honduras	25.6	−2.2	+9.3
100	🇱🇧 Lebanon	25.4	+3.8	−4.7
101	🇮🇩 Indonesia	25.2	−4.8	−18.3
102	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	24.8	+0.1	0.0
103	🇹🇭 Thailand	24.7	+1.0	+10.0
104	🇬🇦 Gabon	24.6	+3.2	−4.6
105	Zanzibar	24.4	−0.4	−2.0
106	🇹🇬 Togo	24.1	−1.5	−10.2
107	🇵🇾 Paraguay	24.1	−1.1	+0.5
108	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	23.7	−3.2	−5.7
109	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	23.5	−0.6	−7.7
110	🇧🇾 Belarus	22.8	0.0	−5.3
111	🇨🇺 Cuba	22.4	−1.4	−1.3
112	🇰🇲 Comoros	22.2	−0.1	−5.6
113	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	21.9	+0.6	−8.4
114	🇳🇪 Niger	21.4	−0.7	−20.0
115	🇯🇴 Jordan	21.1	0.0	+1.0
116	🇹🇷 Türkiye	20.8	+0.5	−8.4
117	🇩🇿 Algeria	20.7	−3.3	−6.4
118	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	20.4	−0.1	+2.6
119	🇲🇦 Morocco	20.3	−0.1	+1.6
120	🇮🇳 India	20.1	0.0	−11.7
121	🇮🇶 Iraq	19.7	−1.9	−1.3
122	🇩🇯 Djibouti	19.3	−0.2	+3.8
123	Somaliland	19.3	+1.7	+3.6
124	🇲🇿 Mozambique	18.8	−1.2	−9.0
125	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	18.8	+0.4	−4.0
126	🇨🇲 Cameroon	17.8	−1.4	−2.3
127	🇴🇲 Oman	17.4	0.0	−0.6
128	🇲🇱 Mali	17.1	−2.5	−17.7
129	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	17.1	−1.3	−11.2
130	🇰🇼 Kuwait	17.1	−2.7	−7.3
131	🇲🇬 Madagascar	17.0	−0.9	−6.8
132	🇵🇭 Philippines	16.9	−0.6	−10.1
133	🇷🇼 Rwanda	16.7	+0.3	−5.7
134	🇻🇳 Vietnam	16.3	−1.7	−3.7
135	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	16.1	−0.2	+1.2
136	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	15.7	−0.1	−10.7
137	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.7	−0.4	−2.7
138	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	15.3	+0.3	+2.3
139	🇮🇷 Iran	15.2	0.0	−2.5
140	🇬🇳 Guinea	14.9	+1.0	−7.3
141	🇲🇷 Mauritania	14.2	−0.9	−3.7
142	🇺🇬 Uganda	13.9	−3.2	−4.9
143	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	13.5	−0.7	−5.7
144	🇷🇺 Russia	13.0	+0.1	−7.5
145	🇦🇴 Angola	12.9	+0.1	+3.0
146	🇧🇭 Bahrain	12.7	+0.5	+1.0
147	🇸🇾 Syria	12.6	+4.9	+6.0
148	🇸🇻 El Salvador	12.5	−0.7	−19.1
149	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	12.4	+0.9	−1.8
150	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	12.4	−0.2	−1.0
151	🇵🇰 Pakistan	12.3	+0.9	−2.5
152	🇱🇾 Libya	12.3	−0.6	−7.5
153	Palestine/Gaza	11.7	+1.2	−2.8
154	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	11.5	+0.1	−0.5
155	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	11.4	−1.4	−6.2
156	🇱🇦 Laos	11.4	−1.1	+1.6
157	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	11.3	0.0	+1.2
158	🇪🇷 Eritrea	10.8	+0.8	−4.2
159	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	10.8	−0.2	+0.5
160	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	10.7	−3.3	+0.4
161	🇪🇬 Egypt	10.6	−0.1	+2.6
162	🇶🇦 Qatar	10.1	−0.7	−1.3
163	🇸🇴 Somalia	9.9	−0.2	+3.7
164	🇧🇮 Burundi	9.6	+0.9	−3.0
165	🇰🇵 North Korea	9.3	+0.3	+0.5
166	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	8.7	−0.1	+0.2
167	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	8.5	0.0	−8.1
168	🇰🇭 Cambodia	8.4	+0.1	−3.0
169	🇹🇩 Chad	8.4	+1.0	−1.4
170	🇻🇪 Venezuela	8.0	−1.4	−13.0
171	🇸🇩 Sudan	7.8	+1.7	+1.9
172	🇨🇳 China	7.8	−0.2	−1.7
173	🇸🇿 Eswatini	7.7	+0.1	−1.6
174	🇭🇹 Haiti	7.6	+0.1	−5.8
175	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	6.0	−1.0	−2.6
176	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	5.7	0.0	−14.3
177	🇾🇪 Yemen	3.3	0.0	−1.3
178	🇸🇸 South Sudan	3.2	−1.8	−0.4
179	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1.6	−1.2	−18.3

Frequently asked questions

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem egalitarian democracy index index in 2025, with the highest score of 87.6 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for egalitarian democracy index in 2025?

In 2025, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (87.6), Norway (84.4), and Belgium (82.1).

Which country ranks last on egalitarian democracy index in 2025?

Afghanistan ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 1.6.

Which country changed most on egalitarian democracy index over the last decade?

The Gambia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 27.5 points over the past decade, standing at 45.2 (rank #62) in 2025.

How is the egalitarian democracy index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project; scores are shown here on a 0–100 scale (higher-precision source data runs 0–1). Higher scores are better. The 2025 edition covers 179 countries.