What is the difference in equal access to power index between Dominican Republic and United States?

0.002, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and United States?

216 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

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

Dominican Republic vs United States: Equal Access to Power Index

Dominican Republic

0.615

in 2025

United States

0.613

in 2025

Dominican Republic rank

99th

United States rank

100th

Equal Access to Power Index over time

Dominican Republic
United States

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 0.615 against 0.613 in United States, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 216 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United States ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 99th and United States ranks 100th of 176 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 9 and United States in 15.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	United States	Difference	Ahead
1780s	0.141	0.174	0.033	United States
1790s	0.141	0.174	0.033	United States
1800s	0.141	0.174	0.033	United States
1810s	0.141	0.174	0.033	United States
1820s	0.141	0.174	0.033	United States
1840s	0.421	0.2687	0.1523	Dominican Republic
1850s	0.421	0.288	0.133	Dominican Republic
1860s	0.421	0.2794	0.1416	Dominican Republic
1870s	0.421	0.202	0.219	Dominican Republic
1880s	0.421	0.202	0.219	Dominican Republic
1890s	0.421	0.202	0.219	Dominican Republic
1900s	0.421	0.256	0.165	Dominican Republic
1910s	0.421	0.2545	0.1665	Dominican Republic
1920s	0.421	0.3188	0.1022	Dominican Republic
1930s	0.192	0.4407	0.2487	United States
1940s	0.192	0.494	0.302	United States
1950s	0.192	0.4807	0.2887	United States
1960s	0.2907	0.5578	0.2671	United States
1970s	0.3551	0.7582	0.4031	United States
1980s	0.4683	0.7898	0.3215	United States
1990s	0.5405	0.8566	0.3161	United States
2000s	0.597	0.8242	0.2272	United States
2010s	0.6275	0.8415	0.214	United States
2020s	0.6457	0.7715	0.1258	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher equal access to power index, Dominican Republic or United States?: Dominican Republic, at 0.615 against 0.613 in United States as of 2025.
What is the difference in equal access to power index between Dominican Republic and United States?: 0.002, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and United States?: 216 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Dominican Republic and United States rank globally for equal access to power index?: Dominican Republic ranks 99th and United States ranks 100th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Equal Access to Power Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,486 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.