Which countries rank highest on egalitarian democracy?

Every country ranked by the V-Dem egalitarian democracy index index for 2024 (179 countries, 0–1 scale).

Rank	Country	Score	1y change	10y change
1	Denmark	0.878	±0.000	−0.006
2	Norway	0.835	±0.000	−0.009
3	Switzerland	0.830	+0.012	−0.007
4	Belgium	0.818	−0.017	−0.020
5	Estonia	0.808	±0.000	+0.019
6	Luxembourg	0.804	−0.006	−0.021
7	Sweden	0.795	±0.000	−0.060
8	Czechia	0.786	+0.003	+0.008
9	Ireland	0.785	−0.004	+0.001
10	Germany	0.769	−0.022	−0.048
11	Costa Rica	0.760	±0.000	−0.051
12	Iceland	0.760	+0.010	−0.036
13	Japan	0.751	−0.008	+0.005
14	New Zealand	0.740	−0.021	−0.044
15	Finland	0.736	−0.041	−0.087
16	Australia	0.731	+0.003	−0.025
17	Netherlands	0.729	−0.020	−0.077
18	France	0.728	−0.002	−0.075
19	Latvia	0.728	−0.008	±0.000
20	Austria	0.726	−0.025	−0.044
21	Italy	0.715	−0.013	−0.073
22	Spain	0.702	−0.020	−0.062
23	Lithuania	0.698	+0.010	−0.049
24	Taiwan	0.695	−0.040	−0.013
25	Malta	0.690	+0.005	+0.023
26	Cyprus	0.685	+0.013	−0.042
27	Uruguay	0.682	−0.016	−0.134
28	Portugal	0.680	−0.022	−0.115
29	United Kingdom	0.672	−0.030	−0.067
30	Barbados	0.664	−0.006	+0.014
31	Greece	0.649	+0.022	−0.136
32	Jamaica	0.642	−0.026	+0.036
33	Chile	0.641	+0.010	−0.046
34	Poland	0.633	+0.122	−0.167
35	Canada	0.630	−0.004	−0.046
36	Slovenia	0.624	−0.038	−0.160
37	South Korea	0.621	−0.003	+0.019
38	Seychelles	0.616	+0.005	+0.216
39	Vanuatu	0.613	−0.028	+0.033
40	United States of America	0.609	+0.015	−0.121
41	Trinidad and Tobago	0.605	±0.000	+0.018
42	Slovakia	0.590	−0.071	−0.088
43	Israel	0.581	+0.014	−0.030
44	Suriname	0.575	+0.011	+0.017
45	Croatia	0.572	−0.018	−0.106
46	Cape Verde	0.570	−0.001	−0.079
47	Brazil	0.545	+0.016	−0.076
48	Argentina	0.539	−0.137	−0.086
49	South Africa	0.509	+0.021	−0.006
50	Lesotho	0.509	−0.006	+0.006
51	Armenia	0.505	−0.002	+0.223
52	Moldova	0.504	−0.061	+0.040
53	Montenegro	0.481	+0.016	+0.110
54	Sao Tome and Principe	0.479	+0.003	−0.005
55	Sri Lanka	0.472	+0.084	+0.182
56	Bhutan	0.469	+0.004	±0.000
57	Timor-Leste	0.465	+0.023	+0.071
58	Kosovo	0.464	−0.012	+0.068
59	Panama	0.464	+0.016	−0.029
60	Ghana	0.455	−0.013	−0.091
61	Senegal	0.452	−0.006	−0.091
62	Romania	0.450	−0.033	−0.066
63	The Gambia	0.446	−0.006	+0.271
64	Nepal	0.428	−0.021	+0.002
65	Bulgaria	0.427	−0.091	−0.097
66	Botswana	0.426	+0.031	−0.083
67	Colombia	0.423	−0.017	+0.011
68	Benin	0.394	+0.011	−0.078
69	Dominican Republic	0.394	+0.023	+0.078
70	Solomon Islands	0.391	+0.023	+0.080
71	Malaysia	0.388	+0.007	+0.157
72	Fiji	0.386	+0.031	+0.187
73	Liberia	0.385	−0.006	+0.002
74	Mauritius	0.376	+0.010	−0.218
75	Tunisia	0.374	−0.020	−0.223
76	Bolivia	0.373	−0.014	−0.070
77	Georgia	0.372	−0.097	−0.156
78	Peru	0.369	−0.050	−0.140
79	North Macedonia	0.369	−0.003	+0.061
80	Albania	0.367	−0.014	−0.022
81	Maldives	0.365	−0.019	+0.094
82	Singapore	0.362	+0.007	−0.011
83	Guyana	0.359	−0.007	−0.063
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.357	−0.001	−0.035
85	Mongolia	0.353	−0.006	−0.174
86	Tanzania	0.343	+0.019	−0.005
87	Malawi	0.342	+0.022	+0.014
88	Zambia	0.339	−0.010	+0.033
89	Namibia	0.329	+0.009	−0.112
90	Kenya	0.326	−0.039	−0.004
91	Sierra Leone	0.316	−0.031	+0.020
92	Ecuador	0.309	−0.042	−0.075
93	Hungary	0.309	−0.002	−0.194
94	Indonesia	0.299	+0.004	−0.124
95	Nigeria	0.295	+0.010	−0.008
96	Ukraine	0.288	−0.007	−0.004
97	Serbia	0.282	−0.028	−0.068
98	Honduras	0.272	+0.006	+0.106
99	Ivory Coast	0.271	−0.004	−0.025
100	Mexico	0.268	−0.029	−0.052
101	Togo	0.265	−0.015	−0.086
102	Guatemala	0.261	+0.056	+0.027
103	Papua New Guinea	0.256	−0.018	+0.011
104	Zanzibar	0.254	−0.008	−0.020
105	Kyrgyzstan	0.253	+0.001	−0.051
106	Paraguay	0.249	+0.005	+0.018
107	Algeria	0.238	−0.017	−0.028
108	Kuwait	0.233	−0.008	−0.016
109	Thailand	0.231	+0.038	+0.078
110	Cuba	0.230	+0.001	−0.003
111	Belarus	0.226	+0.005	−0.053
112	Comoros	0.226	+0.005	−0.103
113	Niger	0.221	−0.064	−0.203
114	Hong Kong	0.221	+0.005	−0.090
115	Gabon	0.217	−0.040	−0.076
116	India	0.215	+0.009	−0.167
117	Jordan	0.213	+0.012	+0.011
118	Türkiye	0.207	+0.011	−0.110
119	Iraq	0.206	+0.003	−0.003
120	Kazakhstan	0.202	−0.001	+0.013
121	Morocco	0.201	−0.004	+0.016
122	Mozambique	0.200	−0.027	−0.086
123	Cameroon	0.198	+0.006	−0.002
124	Mali	0.197	−0.007	−0.151
125	Djibouti	0.194	+0.005	+0.036
126	Vietnam	0.189	+0.005	−0.011
127	Philippines	0.187	−0.004	−0.099
128	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.184	+0.020	−0.005
129	Madagascar	0.183	−0.024	−0.036
130	Uganda	0.182	+0.016	−0.017
131	Guinea-Bissau	0.180	−0.068	−0.077
132	Palestine/West Bank	0.180	−0.018	−0.060
133	Lebanon	0.179	−0.046	−0.126
134	Somaliland	0.179	+0.017	+0.020
135	Oman	0.177	±0.000	−0.003
136	Rwanda	0.171	−0.004	−0.053
137	Ethiopia	0.161	−0.035	−0.001
138	Burkina Faso	0.158	−0.041	−0.218
139	Mauritania	0.153	−0.015	−0.029
140	Uzbekistan	0.151	−0.001	+0.022
141	Iran	0.147	−0.003	−0.028
142	Republic of the Congo	0.139	+0.001	+0.034
143	Angola	0.138	−0.002	+0.033
144	Zimbabwe	0.137	−0.009	−0.049
145	Guinea	0.135	+0.002	−0.081
146	El Salvador	0.134	−0.034	−0.190
147	Central African Republic	0.130	−0.002	−0.034
148	Laos	0.127	−0.004	+0.026
149	Libya	0.126	−0.005	−0.060
150	United Arab Emirates	0.125	−0.004	−0.009
151	Russia	0.120	−0.012	−0.082
152	Bangladesh	0.114	+0.009	−0.016
153	Pakistan	0.114	−0.006	−0.046
154	Bahrain	0.113	+0.001	±0.000
155	Saudi Arabia	0.113	−0.002	+0.008
156	Egypt	0.112	+0.006	+0.034
157	Azerbaijan	0.112	−0.006	−0.031
158	Palestine/Gaza	0.112	−0.018	−0.032
159	Equatorial Guinea	0.111	+0.002	+0.010
160	Qatar	0.108	+0.002	−0.007
161	Somalia	0.103	+0.002	+0.045
162	Venezuela	0.095	−0.006	−0.125
163	Turkmenistan	0.092	+0.002	+0.006
164	Burundi	0.091	−0.016	−0.067
165	Nicaragua	0.087	−0.012	−0.088
166	Eritrea	0.087	−0.027	−0.074
167	North Korea	0.086	+0.002	+0.002
168	China	0.082	±0.000	−0.010
169	Chad	0.079	+0.009	−0.021
170	Cambodia	0.076	−0.004	−0.034
171	Eswatini	0.075	+0.008	−0.018
172	Syria	0.074	+0.013	+0.006
173	Tajikistan	0.071	+0.003	−0.034
174	Sudan	0.062	±0.000	+0.006
175	Haiti	0.060	+0.001	−0.067
176	Burma/Myanmar	0.059	±0.000	−0.117
177	South Sudan	0.049	+0.002	+0.013
178	Yemen	0.033	−0.006	−0.059
179	Afghanistan	0.025	+0.004	−0.171

Frequently asked questions

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem egalitarian democracy index index in 2024, with the highest score of 0.878 on a 0–1 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for egalitarian democracy index in 2024?

In 2024, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (0.878), Norway (0.835), and Switzerland (0.830).

Which country ranks last on egalitarian democracy index in 2024?

Afghanistan ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.025.

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

The Gambia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 0.271 points over the past decade, standing at 0.446 (rank #63) in 2024.

How is the egalitarian democracy index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project and runs from 0 to 1. Higher scores are better. The 2024 edition covers 179 countries.