What is the difference in egalitarian political institutions index between Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa?

0.013, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa?

107 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Egalitarian Political Institutions Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bosnia and Herzegovina vs South Africa: Egalitarian Political Institutions Index

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.665

in 2025

South Africa

0.652

in 2025

Bosnia and Herzegovina rank

73rd

South Africa rank

76th

Egalitarian Political Institutions Index over time

Bosnia and Herzegovina
South Africa

How they compare

Bosnia and Herzegovina currently reports 0.665 against 0.652 in South Africa, a difference of 0.013.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 107 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.

Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 73rd and South Africa ranks 76th of 175 countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bosnia and Herzegovina	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1910s	0.326	0.064	0.262	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1920s	0.326	0.0668	0.2592	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1930s	0.357	0.0773	0.2797	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1940s	0.4914	0.0751	0.4163	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1950s	0.734	0.0642	0.6698	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1960s	0.7245	0.063	0.6615	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1970s	0.7096	0.063	0.6466	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1980s	0.7209	0.068	0.6529	Bosnia and Herzegovina
1990s	0.5642	0.3997	0.1645	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2000s	0.6271	0.624	0.0031	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s	0.6619	0.6266	0.0353	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020s	0.6567	0.655	0.0017	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian political institutions index, Bosnia and Herzegovina or South Africa?: Bosnia and Herzegovina, at 0.665 against 0.652 in South Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian political institutions index between Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa?: 0.013, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa?: 107 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2025.
How do Bosnia and Herzegovina and South Africa rank globally for egalitarian political institutions index?: Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 73rd and South Africa ranks 76th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Egalitarian Political Institutions Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Egalitarian Political Institutions Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the protection of rights, access to power, and distribution of resources is equal.