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Egalitarian democracy index
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0-1 index
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176 countries · 1900–2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Denmark
0.88
2
Norway
0.84
3
Belgium
0.82
4
Switzerland
0.82
5
Estonia
0.81
6
Luxembourg
0.81
7
Sweden
0.8
8
Ireland
0.78
9
Czechia
0.77
10
Germany
0.77
11
Costa Rica
0.76
12
Japan
0.76
13
Netherlands
0.74
14
Latvia
0.73
15
Iceland
0.73
16
Australia
0.73
17
New Zealand
0.73
18
Austria
0.72
19
France
0.72
20
Korea, Rep.
0.71
21
Finland
0.71
22
Taiwan
0.7
23
Spain
0.7
24
Malta
0.69
25
Uruguay
0.69
26
Lithuania
0.69
27
Cyprus
0.68
28
Barbados
0.68
29
Poland
0.67
30
Trinidad and Tobago
0.66
31
Jamaica
0.66
32
Italy
0.65
33
Greece
0.64
34
Chile
0.64
35
Seychelles
0.63
36
Canada
0.63
37
Portugal
0.61
38
United Kingdom
0.61
39
Slovenia
0.6
40
Suriname
0.6
41
Sri Lanka
0.59
42
Mauritius
0.58
43
Slovak Republic
0.57
44
Vanuatu
0.57
45
Cabo Verde
0.56
46
Israel
0.55
47
Croatia
0.54
48
Brazil
0.54
49
South Africa
0.52
50
Montenegro
0.5
51
Argentina
0.5
52
Ghana
0.49
53
Armenia
0.49
54
Lesotho
0.49
55
Botswana
0.48
56
Timor-Leste
0.47
57
United States
0.47
58
Bhutan
0.46
59
Senegal
0.46
60
Kosovo
0.46
61
Panama
0.45
62
Gambia, The
0.45
63
Sao Tome and Principe
0.45
64
Bulgaria
0.44
65
Moldova
0.44
66
Solomon Islands
0.44
67
Romania
0.42
68
Nepal
0.42
69
Dominican Republic
0.41
70
Colombia
0.41
71
Bolivia
0.39
72
Peru
0.39
73
Benin
0.39
74
Liberia
0.39
75
Mongolia
0.38
76
Guyana
0.38
77
Malaysia
0.38
78
North Macedonia
0.37
79
Maldives
0.37
80
Singapore
0.37
81
Fiji
0.37
82
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.36
83
Albania
0.35
84
Kenya
0.35
85
Namibia
0.35
86
Guatemala
0.34
87
Sierra Leone
0.34
88
Tunisia
0.32
89
Tanzania
0.32
90
Malawi
0.32
91
Nigeria
0.32
92
Georgia
0.31
93
Ukraine
0.3
94
Hungary
0.3
95
Serbia
0.28
96
Ecuador
0.27
97
Zambia
0.27
98
Mexico
0.27
99
Honduras
0.26
100
Lebanon
0.25
101
Indonesia
0.25
102
Papua New Guinea
0.25
103
Thailand
0.25
104
Gabon
0.25
105
Paraguay
0.24
106
Togo
0.24
107
Cote d'Ivoire
0.24
108
Kyrgyz Republic
0.24
109
Belarus
0.23
110
Cuba
0.22
111
Comoros
0.22
112
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.22
113
Niger
0.21
114
Jordan
0.21
115
Turkiye
0.21
116
Algeria
0.21
117
Kazakhstan
0.2
118
Morocco
0.2
119
India
0.2
120
Iraq
0.2
121
Djibouti
0.19
122
Mozambique
0.19
123
West Bank and Gaza
0.19
124
Cameroon
0.18
125
Oman
0.17
126
Guinea-Bissau
0.17
127
Kuwait
0.17
128
Mali
0.17
129
Madagascar
0.17
130
Philippines
0.17
131
Rwanda
0.17
132
Viet Nam
0.16
133
Ethiopia
0.16
134
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.16
135
Burkina Faso
0.16
136
Uzbekistan
0.15
137
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.15
138
Guinea
0.15
139
Mauritania
0.14
140
Uganda
0.14
141
Zimbabwe
0.14
142
Russian Federation
0.13
143
Angola
0.13
144
Bahrain
0.13
145
Syrian Arab Republic
0.13
146
El Salvador
0.13
147
Azerbaijan
0.12
148
United Arab Emirates
0.12
149
Libya
0.12
150
Pakistan
0.12
151
Bangladesh
0.12
152
Lao PDR
0.11
153
Central African Republic
0.11
154
Saudi Arabia
0.11
155
Eritrea
0.11
156
Equatorial Guinea
0.11
157
Congo, Rep.
0.11
158
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.11
159
Qatar
0.1
160
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.1
161
Burundi
0.1
162
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.09
163
Turkmenistan
0.09
164
Nicaragua
0.09
165
Cambodia
0.08
166
Chad
0.08
167
Venezuela, RB
0.08
168
China
0.08
169
Sudan
0.08
170
Eswatini
0.08
171
Haiti
0.08
172
Tajikistan
0.06
173
Myanmar
0.06
174
Yemen, Rep.
0.03
175
South Sudan
0.03
176
Afghanistan
0.02
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