Data for 2011

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2011

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Egalitarian Democracy Index, 2011 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.883; Somalia is lowest, at 0.053. The middle country reads 0.344. Against 2010, 128 values changed (76 up, 52 down), 1 country joined.

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Egalitarian Democracy Index · Data for 2011

HighestDenmark

0.883

LowestSomalia

0.053

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

176countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.883
2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.870
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.862
4	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.841
5	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.840
6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.829
7	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.824
=8	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.822
=8	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.822
10	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.817
11	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.814
12	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.813
13	UruguayURYSouth America	0.811
14	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.809
15	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.803
16	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.801
17	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.797
=18	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.795
=18	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.795
20	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.789
21	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.787
22	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.786
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.784
24	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.778
25	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.774
26	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.772
27	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.765
28	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.741
29	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.728
30	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.726
31	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.716
32	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.710
33	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.702
34	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.697
35	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.685
36	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.684
37	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.676
38	ChileCHLSouth America	0.664
=39	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.656
=39	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.656
41	BrazilBRASouth America	0.635
42	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.630
43	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.621
44	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.615
45	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.612
46	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.597
47	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.589
48	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.583
49	SurinameSURSouth America	0.561
50	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.556
51	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.541
52	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.533
53	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.531
54	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.528
55	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.525
56	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.507
57	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.504
58	PeruPERSouth America	0.501
59	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.487
60	PanamaPANCentral America	0.481
61	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.472
62	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.471
=63	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.468
=63	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.468
65	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.463
66	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.455
67	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.444
68	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.424
69	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.423
70	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.418
71	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.414
72	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.410
73	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.408
74	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.407
75	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.402
=76	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.400
=76	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.400
=78	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.399
=78	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.399
=80	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.393
=80	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.393
82	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.387
83	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.385
84	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.378
85	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.360
86	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.355
87	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.347
88	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.345
89	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.342
90	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.336
91	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.330
92	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.325
=93	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.323
=93	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.323
95	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.322
=96	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.316
=96	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.316
98	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.309
99	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.302
100	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.301
101	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.296
102	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.291
103	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.290
104	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.285
=105	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.283
=105	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.283
=105	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.283
108	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.281
109	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.279
110	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.278
111	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.274
112	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.272
113	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.271
114	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.265
115	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.263
116	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.259
117	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.250
118	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.247
=119	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.242
=119	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.242
121	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.237
122	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.232
123	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.225
124	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.215
125	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.211
=126	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.210
=126	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.210
128	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.203
129	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.199
=130	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.197
=130	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.197
132	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.195
=133	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.192
=133	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.192
135	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.189
136	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.181
137	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.179
138	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.178
=139	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.177
=139	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.177
141	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.174
142	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.172
143	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.168
144	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.166
145	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.164
146	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.162
147	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.160
148	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.148
149	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.145
150	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.143
=151	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.139
=151	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.139
153	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.138
=154	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.128
=154	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.128
156	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.127
157	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.126
158	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.119
159	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.115
160	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.114
161	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.113
162	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.107
=163	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.105
=163	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.105
165	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.101
166	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.099
167	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.098
=168	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.095
=168	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.095
=170	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.094
=170	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.094
172	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.088
173	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.086
174	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.065
175	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.056
176	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.053

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.883
2Sweden0.870
3Norway0.862
4Belgium0.841
5Germany0.840

Lowest

176Somalia0.053
175South Sudan0.056
174Sudan0.065
173Eswatini0.086
172North Korea0.088

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.344. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 175 in both
76 · 52rose · fell
47unchanged

Rose most

Niger0.244 → 0.393+0.149
Tunisia0.203 → 0.309+0.106
Kyrgyzstan0.264 → 0.323+0.059
Moldova0.457 → 0.507+0.050
Libya0.124 → 0.166+0.042

Fell most

North Macedonia0.377 → 0.345−0.032
Hungary0.645 → 0.615−0.030
Benin0.499 → 0.471−0.028
Bahrain0.152 → 0.126−0.026
Canada0.699 → 0.676−0.023

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
155 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.283. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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