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Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002

2002, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.868; Somalia is lowest, at 0.043. The middle country reads 0.323. Against 2001, 119 values changed (73 up, 46 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2002

HighestDenmark

0.868

LowestSomalia

0.043

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.868
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.866
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.853
4GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.838
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.824
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.820
7SpainESPSouthern Europe0.819
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.816
9FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.811
10GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.802
=11Costa RicaCRICentral America0.797
=11IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.797
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.796
14PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.793
15AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.785
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.780
=17FranceFRAWestern Europe0.778
=17New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.778
=19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.772
=19PolandPOLEastern Europe0.772
21ItalyITASouthern Europe0.766
22EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.764
23JapanJPNEastern Asia0.760
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.759
25SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe0.758

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Denmark0.868
  2. 2Sweden0.866
  3. 3Norway0.853
  4. 4Germany0.838
  5. 5Belgium0.824

Lowest

  1. 175Somalia0.043
  2. 174Sudan0.051
  3. 173Angola0.057
  4. 172Myanmar0.071
  5. 171Eswatini0.072

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.323. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 175 in both
  • 73 · 46rose · fell
  • 56unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2002.

  • 158 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.797. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2002). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2002

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07Questions

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest egalitarian democracy in Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002?

Denmark, at 0.868, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002 cover?

175.

Where can I download Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2002 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2025.

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