Data for 1990

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1990

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 1990
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1990 covers 167 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.887; Iraq is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.225.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 1990

HighestSweden

0.887

LowestIraq

0.009

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

167countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
148distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Deliberative Democracy Index, 1990, 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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Deliberative Democracy Index, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.887
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.864
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.862
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.852
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.850
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.830
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.816
8	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.812
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.811
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.799
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.796
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.787
13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.782
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.777
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.762
=15	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.762
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.759
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.752
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.749
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.748
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.735
=22	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.734
=22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.734
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.704
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.691
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.690
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.688
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.682
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.658
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.654
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.638
=32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.629
=32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.629
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.622
35	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.621
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.619
37	Chile`CHL`South America	0.612
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.604
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.603
40	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.569
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.568
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.564
43	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.535
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.529
45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.518
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.503
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.498
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.495
49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.492
50	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.458
51	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.456
52	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.454
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.444
54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.443
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.423
56	Peru`PER`South America	0.415
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.397
58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.388
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.381
60	Colombia`COL`South America	0.367
61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.339
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.316
63	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.315
64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.302
65	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.300
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.297
67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.293
68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.283
69	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.276
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.275
71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.267
72	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.263
73	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.262
=74	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.261
=74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.261
=76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.258
=76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.258
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.255
79	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.253
80	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.248
=81	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.244
=81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.244
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.231
84	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.225
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.221
86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.217
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.205
88	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.198
=89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.196
=89	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.196
=91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.191
=91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.191
93	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.190
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.186
=95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.182
=95	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.182
97	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.175
=98	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.173
=98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.173
100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.171
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.169
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.166
103	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.165
104	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.162
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.153
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.150
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.143
108	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.140
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.138
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.136
111	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.134
112	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.131
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.124
114	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.119
115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.118
116	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.117
=117	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.116
=117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.116
119	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.114
120	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.113
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.112
122	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.108
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.107
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.097
125	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.095
126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.092
127	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.091
128	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.088
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.087
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.084
131	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.082
132	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.081
133	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.079
134	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.077
135	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.075
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.069
137	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.066
138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.061
139	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.057
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.055
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.051
=142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.047
=142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.047
=142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.047
145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.046
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.044
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.039
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.035
149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.034
=150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.031
=150	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.031
152	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.030
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.028
=154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.027
=154	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.027
=154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.027
=154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.027
158	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.024
=159	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.023
=159	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.023
=159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.023
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.022
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.021
164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.017
165	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.010
167	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.009

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.887
2Denmark0.864
3Germany0.862
4Norway0.852
5Switzerland0.850

Lowest

167Iraq0.009
166Timor-Leste0.010
165North Korea0.014
164Oman0.017
163Syria0.021

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.225. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
148 distinct values among 167
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.027. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 167 countries has every column.

04The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1990). Deliberative Democracy Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/1990

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