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social2025

Egalitarian democracy index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•175 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.4value
Median: 0.3value
Countries Covered
175
with available data
Highest
Denmark
0.9value
Lowest
Afghanistan
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Denmark0.9value
2Norway0.8value
3Belgium0.8value
4Switzerland0.8value
5Estonia0.8value
By Region
Oceania0.7value(2 countries)
Europe0.7value(32 countries)
South America0.5value(7 countries)
North America0.4value(4 countries)
Other0.3value(94 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (0.9value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.4value)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Other (94)
Africa (9)
Asia (27)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Denmark0.9value
2Norway0.8value
3Belgium0.8value
4Switzerland0.8value
5Estonia0.8value
6Luxembourg0.8value
7Sweden0.8value
8Ireland0.8value
9Czech Republic0.8value
10Germany0.8value
11Costa Rica0.8value
12Japan0.8value
13Netherlands0.7value
14Latvia0.7value
15Iceland0.7value
16New Zealand0.7value
17Australia0.7value
18Austria0.7value
19France0.7value
20South Korea0.7value
21Finland0.7value
22Taiwan, Province of China0.7value
23Spain0.7value
24Malta0.7value
25Uruguay0.7value
26Lithuania0.7value
27Cyprus0.7value
28Barbados0.7value
29Poland0.7value
30Trinidad and Tobago0.7value
31Jamaica0.7value
32Italy0.7value
33Chile0.6value
34Greece0.6value
35Seychelles0.6value
36Canada0.6value
37Portugal0.6value
38United Kingdom0.6value
39Slovenia0.6value
40Suriname0.6value
41Sri Lanka0.6value
42Mauritius0.6value
43Slovakia0.6value
44Vanuatu0.6value
45Cape Verde0.6value
46Israel0.5value
47Croatia0.5value
48Brazil0.5value
49South Africa0.5value
50Montenegro0.5value
51Argentina0.5value
52Ghana0.5value
53Armenia0.5value
54Lesotho0.5value
55Botswana0.5value
56Timor-Leste0.5value
57United States of America0.5value
58Bhutan0.5value
59Senegal0.5value
60Panama0.5value
61Republic of The Gambia0.5value
62Sao Tome and Principe0.4value
63Bulgaria0.4value
64Moldova, Republic of0.4value
65Solomon Islands0.4value
66Romania0.4value
67Nepal0.4value
68Colombia0.4value
69Dominican Republic0.4value
70Bolivia0.4value
71Peru0.4value
72Benin0.4value
73Liberia0.4value
74Mongolia0.4value
75Guyana0.4value
76Malaysia0.4value
77The Republic of North Macedonia0.4value
78Maldives0.4value
79Fiji0.4value
80Singapore0.4value
81Bosnia and Herzegovina0.4value
82Albania0.4value
83Kenya0.3value
84Namibia0.3value
85Guatemala0.3value
86Sierra Leone0.3value
87Tunisia0.3value
88United Republic of Tanzania0.3value
89Malawi0.3value
90Nigeria0.3value
91Georgia0.3value
92Ukraine0.3value
93Hungary0.3value
94Serbia0.3value
95Ecuador0.3value
96Zambia0.3value
97Mexico0.3value
98Honduras0.3value
99Lebanon0.3value
100Indonesia0.3value
101Papua New Guinea0.2value
102Thailand0.2value
103Gabon0.2value
104Paraguay0.2value
105Togo0.2value
106Cote d'Ivoire0.2value
107Kyrgyzstan0.2value
108Belarus0.2value
109Cuba0.2value
110Comoros0.2value
111Hong Kong0.2value
112Niger0.2value
113Jordan0.2value
114Türkiye0.2value
115Algeria0.2value
116Kazakhstan0.2value
117Morocco0.2value
118India0.2value
119Iraq0.2value
120Djibouti0.2value
121Mozambique0.2value
122Cameroon0.2value
123Oman0.2value
124Kuwait0.2value
125Mali0.2value
126Guinea-Bissau0.2value
127Madagascar0.2value
128Philippines0.2value
129Rwanda0.2value
130Vietnam0.2value
131Ethiopia0.2value
132Democratic Republic of the Congo0.2value
133Burkina Faso0.2value
134Uzbekistan0.2value
135Islamic Republic of Iran0.2value
136Guinea0.1value
137Mauritania0.1value
138Uganda0.1value
139Zimbabwe0.1value
140Russian Federation0.1value
141Angola0.1value
142Bahrain0.1value
143Syrian Arab Republic0.1value
144El Salvador0.1value
145United Arab Emirates0.1value
146Azerbaijan0.1value
147Libya0.1value
148Pakistan0.1value
149Bangladesh0.1value
150Central African Republic0.1value
151Lao People's Democratic Republic0.1value
152Saudi Arabia0.1value
153Equatorial Guinea0.1value
154Eritrea0.1value
155Republic of the Congo0.1value
156Egypt0.1value
157State of Palestine0.1value
158Qatar0.1value
159Somalia0.1value
160Burundi0.1value
161North Korea0.1value
162Turkmenistan0.1value
163Nicaragua0.1value
164Cambodia0.1value
165Chad0.1value
166Venezuela0.1value
167People's Republic of China0.1value
168Sudan0.1value
169Eswatini0.1value
170Haiti0.1value
171Tajikistan0.1value
172Myanmar0.1value
173Yemen0.0value
174South Sudan0.0value
175Afghanistan0.0value
Showing 175 of 175 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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