Data for 1996

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1996

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 1996
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1996, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1996 covers 173 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.881; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.310. Against 1995, 103 values changed (68 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 1996

HighestSweden

0.881

LowestAfghanistan

0.009

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

173countries
1measure
1996the year it describes
154distinct 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.881
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.864
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.863
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.855
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.853
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.832
7	United States`USA`Northern America	0.826
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.823
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.805
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.803
11	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.797
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.796
=13	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.795
=13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.795
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.786
16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.778
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.772
18	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.770
=19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.759
=19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.759
=19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.759
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.757
23	Chile`CHL`South America	0.755
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.754
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.751
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.742
=27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.738
=27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.738
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.727
30	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.725
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.721
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.700
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.685
34	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.672
35	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.663
=36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.659
=36	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.659
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.658
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.650
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.646
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.629
=42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.628
=42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.628
=44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.613
=44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.613
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.601
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.596
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.590
49	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.588
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.583
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.581
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.576
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.558
54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.556
55	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.553
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.539
=57	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.500
=57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.500
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.498
60	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.467
61	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.444
62	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.435
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.430
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.427
65	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.424
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.423
=67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.420
=67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.420
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.401
70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.388
71	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.375
=72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.372
=72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.372
74	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.369
75	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.367
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.357
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.351
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.338
=79	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.335
=79	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.335
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	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.320
85	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.319
86	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.313
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.310
88	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.304
89	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.302
90	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.299
91	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.294
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.293
93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.290
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.287
95	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.286
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.285
97	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.282
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.269
99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.268
100	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.267
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.264
102	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.263
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.260
104	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.252
105	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.243
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.241
107	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.238
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.234
109	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.228
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.221
=111	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.217
=111	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.217
=113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.216
=113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.216
115	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.211
116	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.202
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.199
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.197
119	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.193
120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.189
121	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.188
122	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.187
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.185
124	Peru`PER`South America	0.183
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.182
=126	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.177
=126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.177
128	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.166
129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.161
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.159
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.157
132	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.152
133	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.149
134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.146
135	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.144
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.139
137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.137
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.131
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.125
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern 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
=144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.105
146	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.103
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.101
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.088
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.082
150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.078
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
=155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.055
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.052
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.046
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.044
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.041
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.031
=163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.030
=163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.030
=163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.030
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.028
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.025
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.024
169	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.021
170	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.015
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.011
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.010
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.009

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.881
2Germany0.864
3Denmark0.863
4Switzerland0.855
5Norway0.853

Lowest

173Afghanistan0.009
172Timor-Leste0.010
171North Korea0.011
170Iraq0.015
169Syria0.021

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.310. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
103values changed, of 173 in both
68 · 35rose · fell
70unchanged

Rose most

Taiwan0.318 → 0.435+0.117
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.102 → 0.211+0.109
Sierra Leone0.158 → 0.264+0.106
Dominican Republic0.247 → 0.338+0.091
Côte d’Ivoire0.151 → 0.241+0.090

Fell most

Niger0.448 → 0.243−0.205
Armenia0.350 → 0.299−0.051
Belarus0.217 → 0.177−0.040
Comoros0.271 → 0.234−0.037
Albania0.298 → 0.268−0.030

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

Read before you use

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 1996.
154 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.759. 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 (1996). Deliberative Democracy Index, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/1996

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