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Deliberative democracy index , 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 171 countries was 0.384 index points. The highest value was in Denmark: 0.873 index points and the lowest value was in North Korea: 0.014 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Deliberative democracy index , 2023 Global rank Available data
Denmark 0.873 1 1960 - 2023
Norway 0.858 2 1960 - 2023
Switzerland 0.856 3 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.841 4 1960 - 2023
Germany 0.816 5 1960 - 2023
France 0.814 6 1960 - 2023
Belgium 0.813 7 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0.81 8 1960 - 2023
Sweden 0.797 9 1960 - 2023
Finland 0.796 10 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 0.792 11 1960 - 2023
Australia 0.778 12 1960 - 2023
Chile 0.774 13 1960 - 2023
Estonia 0.774 14 1990 - 2023
Czechia 0.768 15 1960 - 2023
Italy 0.753 16 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 0.748 17 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0.735 18 1960 - 2023
Taiwan 0.73 19 1960 - 2023
Japan 0.728 20 1960 - 2023
UK 0.725 21 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 0.719 22 1960 - 2023
USA 0.716 23 1960 - 2023
Canada 0.713 24 1960 - 2023
Brazil 0.711 25 1960 - 2023
Iceland 0.711 26 1960 - 2023
Austria 0.71 27 1960 - 2023
Latvia 0.71 28 1990 - 2023
Spain 0.706 29 1960 - 2023
Barbados 0.698 30 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.681 31 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0.68 32 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 0.661 33 1990 - 2023
Jamaica 0.651 34 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 0.647 35 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 0.647 36 1989 - 2023
Greece 0.645 37 1960 - 2023
Moldova 0.645 38 1990 - 2023
Malta 0.635 39 1960 - 2023
Argentina 0.623 40 1960 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.622 41 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.595 42 1960 - 2023
Suriname 0.593 43 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0.591 44 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.589 45 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.572 46 1960 - 2023
Israel 0.558 47 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.557 48 1960 - 2023
Panama 0.556 49 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.549 50 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 0.537 51 1993 - 2023
Liberia 0.534 52 1960 - 2023
Croatia 0.531 53 1991 - 2023
Senegal 0.519 54 1960 - 2023
Colombia 0.51 55 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0.492 56 1990 - 2023
Bhutan 0.487 57 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.48 58 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.478 59 1960 - 2023
Maldives 0.474 60 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.473 61 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.471 62 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0.467 63 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.463 64 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0.462 65 1990 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.459 66 1960 - 2023
Montenegro 0.454 67 1998 - 2023
Indonesia 0.45 68 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.445 69 1960 - 2023
Poland 0.438 70 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 0.419 71 1960 - 2023
Nepal 0.419 72 1960 - 2023
Fiji 0.408 73 1960 - 2023
Peru 0.408 74 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.403 75 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 0.392 76 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.39 77 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.386 78 1991 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.384 79 1960 - 2023
Honduras 0.383 80 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.382 81 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.372 82 1992 - 2023
Tanzania 0.362 83 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 0.361 84 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.359 85 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 0.357 86 1960 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.353 87 1960 - 2023
Philippines 0.35 88 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.347 89 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 0.345 90 1990 - 2023
Nigeria 0.336 91 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.336 92 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 0.332 93 1960 - 2023
Mexico 0.33 94 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0.327 95 1960 - 2023
Romania 0.31 96 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.3 97 1960 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.289 98 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0.285 99 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 0.282 100 1960 - 2023
Albania 0.278 101 1960 - 2023
India 0.271 102 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0.265 103 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.258 104 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.258 105 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.253 106 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.253 107 1960 - 2023
Guyana 0.25 108 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.249 109 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.244 110 1960 - 2023
Jordan 0.242 111 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.242 112 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.239 113 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.231 114 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 0.229 115 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.224 116 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.22 117 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.22 118 1960 - 2023
Serbia 0.22 119 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.219 120 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.211 121 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.208 122 1960 - 2023
Hungary 0.207 123 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.201 124 1960 - 2023
Haiti 0.197 125 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.194 126 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.185 127 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 0.182 128 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.179 129 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.176 130 1990 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.175 131 1991 - 2023
Algeria 0.168 132 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.162 133 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.154 134 1990 - 2023
El Salvador 0.153 135 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.149 136 1960 - 2023
Thailand 0.145 137 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.123 138 1971 - 2023
Cameroon 0.112 139 1961 - 2023
Qatar 0.105 140 1960 - 2023
China 0.103 141 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.103 142 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.102 143 1960 - 2023
Cuba 0.102 144 1960 - 2023
Turkey 0.096 145 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.082 146 1971 - 2023
Guinea 0.08 147 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.076 148 1960 - 2023
Russia 0.075 149 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 0.074 150 1960 - 2023
Oman 0.071 151 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.068 152 1960 - 2023
Iran 0.066 153 1960 - 2023
Burma 0.062 154 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.062 155 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.061 156 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.06 157 1960 - 2023
Laos 0.059 158 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.057 159 1990 - 2023
Sudan 0.055 160 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.053 161 1990 - 2023
Swaziland 0.053 162 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.047 163 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 0.041 164 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0.032 165 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.029 166 1960 - 2023
Syria 0.027 167 1960 - 2023
Belarus 0.026 168 1990 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.024 169 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.024 170 1991 - 2023
North Korea 0.014 171 1960 - 2023



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