Data for 1997

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1997

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 1997
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1997, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1997 covers 173 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.881; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.007. The middle country reads 0.311. Against 1996, 104 values changed (66 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 1997

HighestSweden

0.881

LowestAfghanistan

0.007

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

173countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
158distinct 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, 1997, 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, 1997: 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	0.827
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.823
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.803
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.797
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.796
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.795
=12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.795
=12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.795
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.785
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.782
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.781
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.772
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.770
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.759
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.756
=22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.755
=22	Chile`CHL`South America	0.755
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.748
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.742
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.741
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.738
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.737
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.731
30	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.725
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.723
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.703
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.697
34	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.672
35	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.663
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.662
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.659
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.657
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.653
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.648
41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.639
=42	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.634
=42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.634
=42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.634
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.617
46	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.604
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.601
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.599
49	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.590
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.588
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.587
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.581
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.556
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.554
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.539
56	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.530
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.507
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.500
59	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.495
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.490
61	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.467
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.465
63	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.457
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.448
65	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.444
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.441
67	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.424
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.418
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.417
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.416
71	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.413
=72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.404
=72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.404
74	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.388
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.380
76	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.367
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.359
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.358
79	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.350
80	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.342
81	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.336
82	Colombia`COL`South America	0.334
83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.332
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.327
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.320
86	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.318
87	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.311
88	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.309
89	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.304
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.298
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.294
92	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.288
=93	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.286
=93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.286
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.285
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.282
97	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.279
98	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.277
=99	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.271
=99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.271
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.270
=102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.269
=102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.269
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.259
105	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.254
=106	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.245
=106	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.245
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.241
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.224
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.222
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.221
112	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.220
113	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.217
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.216
115	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.206
=116	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.205
=116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.205
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.201
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.192
=120	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.187
=120	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.187
122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.185
123	Peru`PER`South America	0.183
124	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.177
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.171
=126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.166
=126	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.166
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.164
129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.161
130	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.158
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.153
132	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.152
133	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.150
134	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.146
135	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.145
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.139
137	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.131
138	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.130
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.126
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.124
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.123
=142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.119
=142	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.119
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.117
145	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.112
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.101
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.098
148	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.083
149	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.081
150	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.078
151	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.074
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.067
153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.061
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.060
155	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.059
156	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.055
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.052
158	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.047
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.046
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.045
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.043
162	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.032
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.031
=164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.030
=164	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.030
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.028
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.024
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.021
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.020
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	0.007

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

173Afghanistan0.007
172Timor-Leste0.010
171North Korea0.011
170Iraq0.015
169Turkmenistan0.020

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.311. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
104values changed, of 173 in both
66 · 38rose · fell
69unchanged

Rose most

Bosnia and Herzegovina0.211 → 0.404+0.193
Dominican Republic0.338 → 0.465+0.127
Taiwan0.435 → 0.530+0.095
Thailand0.372 → 0.441+0.069
Iran0.189 → 0.254+0.065

Fell most

Republic of the Congo0.332 → 0.158−0.174
Nicaragua0.558 → 0.495−0.063
DR Congo0.105 → 0.047−0.058
Belarus0.177 → 0.130−0.047
Mali0.500 → 0.457−0.043

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 1997.
158 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.795. 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 (1997). Deliberative Democracy Index, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/1997

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