Data for 2004

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2004

2004, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2004 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.868; Somalia is lowest, at 0.043. The middle country reads 0.334. Against 2003, 110 values changed (61 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2004

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.

175countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
148distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2004, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2004: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.868
2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.867
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.853
4	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.831
=5	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.817
=5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.817
7	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.809
8	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.808
=9	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.803
=9	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.803
11	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.798
12	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.797
13	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.796
14	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.793
15	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.789
16	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.785
17	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.779
18	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.778
19	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.772
20	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.771
21	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.765
22	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.762
23	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.761
24	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.756
25	UruguayURYSouth America	0.749
26	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.740
=27	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.738
=27	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.738
29	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.735
=30	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.702
=30	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.702
32	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.699
=33	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.683
=33	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.683
35	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.681
=36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.672
=36	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.672
38	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.647
=39	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.627
=39	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.627
41	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.623
42	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.621
43	ChileCHLSouth America	0.614
44	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.610
45	BrazilBRASouth America	0.608
46	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.593
47	SurinameSURSouth America	0.578
48	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.568
49	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.561
=50	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.526
=50	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.526
52	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.514
53	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.511
54	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.499
55	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.498
56	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.492
57	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.489
58	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.483
59	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.482
=60	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.477
=60	PanamaPANCentral America	0.477
=60	PeruPERSouth America	0.477
63	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.470
64	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.466
65	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.458
66	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.448
67	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.440
68	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.437
69	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.434
70	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.431
71	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.419
72	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.407
73	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.400
74	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.399
75	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.375
76	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.369
77	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.367
78	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.365
79	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.361
80	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.354
81	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.352
82	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.350
83	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.346
84	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.344
85	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.342
86	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.338
87	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.336
88	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.334
89	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.327
90	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.323
91	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.322
92	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.321
93	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.315
94	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.312
95	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.311
96	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.301
97	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.298
=98	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.290
=98	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.290
100	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.285
101	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.284
102	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.283
103	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.281
104	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.272
=105	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.262
=105	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.262
107	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.255
108	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.252
109	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.240
110	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.239
111	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.237
112	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.236
113	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.235
114	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.233
115	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.232
116	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.227
117	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.226
118	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.225
=119	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.223
=119	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.223
121	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.212
122	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.201
=123	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.197
=123	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.197
=123	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.197
=123	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.197
=127	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.194
=127	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.194
129	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.193
130	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.190
131	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.188
=132	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.184
=132	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.184
134	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.179
=135	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.177
=135	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.177
137	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.168
=138	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.167
=138	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.167
140	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.166
141	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.162
142	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.161
143	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.157
144	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.156
145	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.151
146	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.150
147	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.148
148	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.147
149	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.145
=150	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.139
=150	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.139
152	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.135
153	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.129
=154	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.125
=154	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.125
=156	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.119
=156	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.119
158	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.112
159	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.108
=160	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.107
=160	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.107
162	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.106
163	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.104
=164	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.099
=164	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.099
166	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.098
=167	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.088
=167	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.088
169	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.087
170	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.086
=171	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.071
=171	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.071
173	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.061
174	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.052
175	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.043

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.868
2Sweden0.867
3Norway0.853
4Germany0.831
5Switzerlandshared0.817

Lowest

175Somalia0.043
174Sudan0.052
173Angola0.061
171Eswatinishared0.071
171Myanmarshared0.071

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.334. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 175 in both
61 · 49rose · fell
65unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.307 → 0.434+0.127
Cyprus0.670 → 0.699+0.029
Seychelles0.341 → 0.367+0.026
Bolivia0.464 → 0.489+0.025
Indonesia0.448 → 0.466+0.018

Fell most

Haiti0.144 → 0.087−0.057
Belgium0.825 → 0.803−0.022
Philippines0.273 → 0.252−0.021
Slovenia0.756 → 0.738−0.018
Croatia0.636 → 0.621−0.015

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

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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 2004.
148 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.197. 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

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2004). Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/egalitarian-democracy/2004

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