Data for 2005

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2005

2005, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2005 covers 175 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.920; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.019. The middle country reads 0.520. Against 2004, 122 values changed (68 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2005

HighestDenmark

0.920

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.019

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

175countries
5measures per country
2005the year it describes
157distinct values3 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2005, 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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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2005: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.920	0.895	0.723	0.877	0.883
2	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.911	0.877	0.684	0.880	0.867
3	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.896	0.859	0.650	0.865	0.835
4	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.895	0.862	0.650	0.868	0.855
5	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.894	0.839	0.648	0.839	0.799
6	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.892	0.816	0.618	0.798	0.810
=7	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.890	0.804	0.606	0.758	0.803
=7	UruguayURYSouth America	0.890	0.819	0.752	0.842	0.778
9	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.889	0.835	0.640	0.816	0.806
10	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.886	0.841	0.788	0.852	0.817
=11	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.884	0.816	0.635	0.795	0.823
=11	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.884	0.815	0.653	0.724	0.781
13	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.882	0.806	0.632	0.741	0.771
=14	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.879	0.824	0.689	0.764	0.779
=14	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.879	0.811	0.641	0.794	0.803
16	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.878	0.838	0.631	0.802	0.783
17	ChileCHLSouth America	0.877	0.821	0.570	0.799	0.634
18	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.874	0.802	0.652	0.811	0.779
=19	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.871	0.811	0.639	0.766	0.765
=19	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.871	0.830	0.627	0.822	0.809
21	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.870	0.787	0.633	0.812	0.817
22	BrazilBRASouth America	0.867	0.772	0.653	0.804	0.622
23	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.865	0.781	0.613	0.740	0.796
24	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.863	0.800	0.611	0.751	0.758
25	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.860	0.813	0.603	0.795	0.789
26	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.858	0.784	0.615	0.765	0.761
27	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.856	0.794	0.615	0.782	0.675
28	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.846	0.761	0.668	0.779	0.772
29	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.845	0.748	0.650	0.707	0.683
30	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.843	0.754	0.630	0.619	0.690
31	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.841	0.766	0.557	0.749	0.760
32	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.834	0.762	0.589	0.777	0.735
33	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.825	0.704	0.559	0.734	0.702
34	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.824	0.751	0.566	0.735	0.700
=35	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.822	0.710	0.586	0.623	0.673
=35	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.822	0.762	0.593	0.714	0.743
=35	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.822	0.733	0.699	0.694	0.733
38	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.793	0.625	0.542	0.593	0.625
39	PeruPERSouth America	0.792	0.659	0.541	0.661	0.481
40	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.789	0.599	0.544	0.664	0.689
41	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.778	0.658	0.536	0.678	0.532
=42	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.775	0.635	0.483	0.567	0.634
=42	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.775	0.662	0.495	0.632	0.654
44	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.771	0.675	0.577	0.692	0.670
=45	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.767	0.682	0.453	0.642	0.610
=45	SurinameSURSouth America	0.767	0.654	0.489	0.615	0.569
47	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.766	0.650	0.329	0.673	0.638
48	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.759	0.683	0.491	0.621	0.627
49	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.751	0.629	0.490	0.616	0.565
50	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.746	0.534	0.525	0.625	0.462
51	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.737	0.644	0.473	0.677	0.591
52	PanamaPANCentral America	0.736	0.547	0.460	0.637	0.476
53	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.730	0.634	0.386	0.652	0.527
54	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.723	0.573	0.479	0.657	0.471
55	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.717	0.619	0.478	0.611	0.515
56	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.711	0.505	0.441	0.575	0.365
57	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.701	0.604	0.437	0.609	0.553
58	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.700	0.534	0.457	0.632	0.463
59	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.698	0.454	0.476	0.393	0.402
60	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.685	0.536	0.421	0.591	0.492
61	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.673	0.557	0.382	0.578	0.529
62	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.664	0.550	0.415	0.525	0.438
63	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.651	0.383	0.419	0.501	0.339
64	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.647	0.425	0.366	0.436	0.437
65	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.643	0.484	0.390	0.470	0.458
66	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.641	0.524	0.404	0.427	0.451
67	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.634	0.523	0.423	0.538	0.482
68	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.624	0.416	0.420	0.511	0.419
69	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.622	0.508	0.408	0.556	0.483
70	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.614	0.452	0.363	0.393	0.498
71	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.611	0.514	0.359	0.480	0.488
72	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.610	0.468	0.406	0.407	0.479
73	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.603	0.455	0.408	0.403	0.447
74	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.595	0.427	0.367	0.342	0.229
75	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.591	0.372	0.358	0.464	0.290
76	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.588	0.372	0.362	0.331	0.407
77	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.573	0.425	0.360	0.457	0.392
78	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.572	0.408	0.313	0.364	0.347
79	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.559	0.331	0.340	0.417	0.232
80	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.557	0.353	0.371	0.421	0.315
81	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.552	0.373	0.333	0.376	0.236
82	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.547	0.373	0.319	0.369	0.447
=83	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.542	0.428	0.378	0.353	0.317
=83	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.542	0.338	0.332	0.352	0.235
85	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.537	0.413	0.316	0.327	0.301
86	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.530	0.371	0.284	0.348	0.342
87	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.522	0.388	0.319	0.396	0.403
88	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.520	0.326	0.262	0.415	0.354
89	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.518	0.425	0.338	0.411	0.367
90	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.512	0.364	0.277	0.286	0.351
91	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.511	0.396	0.301	0.332	0.302
92	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.510	0.358	0.309	0.441	0.311
93	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.507	0.359	0.226	0.458	0.312
94	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.498	0.419	0.319	0.441	0.313
95	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.495	0.269	0.307	0.289	0.240
=96	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.474	0.233	0.210	0.186	0.196
=96	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.474	0.182	0.335	0.235	0.335
=98	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.463	0.312	0.282	0.326	0.297
=98	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.463	0.348	0.323	0.407	0.241
100	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.451	0.263	0.196	0.239	0.240
101	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.448	0.285	0.303	0.377	0.326
102	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.446	0.345	0.259	0.254	0.334
103	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.443	0.367	0.225	0.376	0.276
104	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.440	0.348	0.167	0.316	0.367
105	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.435	0.278	0.235	0.230	0.297
106	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.434	0.280	0.294	0.352	0.273
107	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.429	0.372	0.281	0.355	0.326
108	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.427	0.241	0.276	0.326	0.295
109	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.412	0.296	0.287	0.339	0.235
110	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.402	0.232	0.216	0.318	0.257
111	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.384	0.232	0.252	0.258	0.169
112	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.375	0.307	0.100	0.307	0.344
113	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.369	0.324	0.143	0.336	0.324
114	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.358	0.189	0.239	0.251	0.131
115	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.346	0.203	0.236	0.292	0.255
116	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.338	0.185	0.178	0.171	0.283
117	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.335	0.168	0.152	0.249	0.265
118	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.326	0.287	0.103	0.307	0.249
119	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.325	0.149	0.143	0.268	0.264
=120	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.320	0.123	0.122	0.171	0.117
=120	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.320	0.149	0.193	0.229	0.237
122	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.319	0.190	0.191	0.207	0.230
123	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.315	0.155	0.157	0.158	0.195
=124	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.311	0.111	0.128	0.251	0.181
=124	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.311	0.209	0.224	0.240	0.226
126	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.299	0.148	0.226	0.239	0.202
=127	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.294	0.174	0.147	0.153	0.170
=127	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.294	0.231	0.230	0.262	0.201
129	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.290	0.120	0.115	0.178	0.147
130	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.283	0.117	0.111	0.152	0.235
131	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.281	0.153	0.167	0.167	0.104
132	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.276	0.267	0.170	0.298	0.217
=133	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.274	0.096	0.140	0.119	0.106
=133	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.274	0.117	0.205	0.103	0.162
=135	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.258	0.227	0.136	0.215	0.181
=135	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.258	0.153	0.212	0.199	0.167
=137	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.257	0.116	0.155	0.078	0.179
=137	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.257	0.097	0.140	0.153	0.099
139	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.256	0.115	0.103	0.155	0.162
140	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.250	0.116	0.112	0.140	0.163
141	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.247	0.097	0.167	0.214	0.084
142	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.239	0.120	0.083	0.113	0.182
143	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.237	0.107	0.185	0.245	0.162
144	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.233	0.095	0.088	0.075	0.269
=145	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.228	0.203	0.083	0.206	0.184
=145	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.228	0.070	0.088	0.093	0.133
147	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.222	0.149	0.123	0.154	0.207
148	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.221	0.074	0.081	0.057	0.149
149	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.219	0.090	0.107	0.147	0.154
150	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.210	0.152	0.086	0.143	0.089
151	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.198	0.061	0.088	0.055	0.067
152	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.197	0.098	0.126	0.116	0.137
153	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.196	0.124	0.182	0.186	0.197
154	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.191	0.092	0.136	0.127	0.198
155	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.180	0.053	0.049	0.060	0.099
156	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.177	0.128	0.050	0.200	0.181
157	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.171	0.092	0.080	0.104	0.043
158	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.168	0.086	0.052	0.087	0.061
159	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.160	0.031	0.046	0.029	0.126
160	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.156	0.125	0.072	0.056	0.168
161	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.148	0.050	0.045	0.026	0.108
162	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.147	0.103	0.167	0.184	0.196
163	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.128	0.096	0.123	0.083	0.076
164	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.113	0.041	0.044	0.056	0.225
165	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.099	0.158	0.133	0.197	0.199
166	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.096	0.018	0.043	0.027	0.071
167	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.094	0.057	0.048	0.157	0.105
168	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.090	0.089	0.092	0.041	0.093
169	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.085	0.014	0.043	0.008	0.088
170	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.079	0.015	0.052	0.011	0.087
171	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.072	0.045	0.044	0.039	0.125
172	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.067	0.006	0.009	0.026	0.139
173	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.041	0.097	0.033	0.077	0.112
174	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.021	0.070	0.015	0.080	0.118
175	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.019	0.042	0.026	0.052	0.104

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Denmark0.920
2Sweden0.911
3Germany0.896
4Norway0.895
5Costa Rica0.894

Lowest

175Saudi Arabia0.019
174United Arab Emirates0.021
173Qatar0.041
172Eritrea0.067
171Libya0.072

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.520. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.895
LowestEritrea0.006
Middle country: 0.371
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.788
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.319
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestSweden0.880
LowestNorth Korea0.008
Middle country: 0.369
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.883
LowestSomalia0.043
Middle country: 0.326

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
122values changed, of 175 in both
68 · 54rose · fell
53unchanged

Rose most

Maldives0.175 → 0.283+0.108
Burundi0.208 → 0.299+0.091
Afghanistan0.235 → 0.311+0.076
Guinea-Bissau0.377 → 0.451+0.074
Central African Republic0.221 → 0.294+0.073

Fell most

Sri Lanka0.513 → 0.435−0.078
Moldova0.506 → 0.446−0.060
Iran0.207 → 0.177−0.030
Mauritania0.319 → 0.290−0.029
Thailand0.530 → 0.507−0.023

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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