Data for 1995

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1995

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 1995
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1995, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1995 covers 173 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.885; Iraq is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.313. Against 1994, 109 values changed (74 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 1995

HighestSweden

0.885

LowestIraq

0.009

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

173countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
159distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Deliberative Democracy Index, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.885
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.864
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.863
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.853
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.852
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.832
7	United States`USA`Northern America	0.826
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.818
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.804
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.802
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.799
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.797
13	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.795
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.793
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.786
16	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.773
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.772
18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.768
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.767
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.755
=21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.754
=21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.754
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.752
24	Chile`CHL`South America	0.751
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.745
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.741
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.738
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.736
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.724
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.719
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.715
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.697
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.685
34	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.670
35	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.665
=36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.659
=36	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.659
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.652
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.646
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.629
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.628
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.621
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.608
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.607
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.606
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.603
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.594
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.589
49	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.588
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.586
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.581
52	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.579
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.576
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.560
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.556
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.536
57	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.500
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.497
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.495
60	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.467
61	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.448
62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.440
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.430
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.428
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.427
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.420
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.415
=68	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.409
=68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.409
70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.388
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.383
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.379
73	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.369
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.357
=75	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.350
=75	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.350
77	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.347
=78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.339
=78	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.339
80	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.338
81	Colombia`COL`South America	0.334
82	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.332
83	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.327
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.319
85	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.318
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.315
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.313
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.304
89	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.300
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.298
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.293
92	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.286
93	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.283
94	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.282
95	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.271
96	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.268
=97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.267
=97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.267
99	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.266
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.259
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.252
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.248
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.247
104	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.245
105	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.228
106	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.224
=107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.221
=107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.221
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.219
=110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.217
=110	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.217
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.213
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.212
=114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.204
=114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.204
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.202
117	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.193
118	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.192
119	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.188
=120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.185
=120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.185
122	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.182
123	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.178
124	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.164
125	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.162
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.158
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.157
128	Peru`PER`South America	0.155
129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.151
130	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.149
131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.148
132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.146
133	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.145
134	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.143
135	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.139
136	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.137
137	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.131
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.125
=139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.124
=139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.124
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.118
142	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.117
143	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.115
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.105
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.102
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.100
=147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.088
=147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.088
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.084
150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.082
151	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.074
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.067
153	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.061
154	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.059
=155	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.055
=155	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.055
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.052
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.051
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.046
160	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.035
161	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.032
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.031
=163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.030
=163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.030
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.029
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.028
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.027
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.025
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.024
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.021
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.011
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.010
173	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.009

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.885
2Germany0.864
3Denmark0.863
4Norway0.853
5Switzerland0.852

Lowest

173Iraq0.009
172Timor-Leste0.010
171North Korea0.011
170Syria0.021
169Myanmar0.024

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.313. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 173 in both
74 · 35rose · fell
64unchanged

Rose most

South Africa0.374 → 0.589+0.215
Mozambique0.154 → 0.248+0.094
Haiti0.131 → 0.221+0.090
Malawi0.352 → 0.440+0.088
Namibia0.492 → 0.556+0.064

Fell most

Lesotho0.298 → 0.217−0.081
Belarus0.287 → 0.217−0.070
Armenia0.409 → 0.350−0.059
Gambia0.089 → 0.051−0.038
Côte d’Ivoire0.186 → 0.151−0.035

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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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 1995.
159 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.754. 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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1995). Deliberative Democracy Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/1995

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