Data for 1999

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1999

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 1999
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1999, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 1999 covers 175 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.879; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.007. The middle country reads 0.322. Against 1998, 109 values changed (57 up, 52 down), 1 country joined.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 1999

HighestSweden

0.879

Lowest2 countries share it

0.007

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

175countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
155distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.879
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.872
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.861
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.855
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.854
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.833
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.823
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.821
=9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.802
=9	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.802
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.796
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.795
=12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.795
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.794
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.790
=16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.782
=16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.782
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.771
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.767
20	Chile`CHL`South America	0.764
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.759
22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.758
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.757
=24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.756
=24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.756
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.750
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.749
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.744
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.742
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.737
31	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.729
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.724
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.720
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.706
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.691
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.672
37	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.669
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.663
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.660
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.648
=41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.632
=41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.632
=41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.632
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.617
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.616
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.615
=47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.604
=47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.604
49	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.598
50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.595
51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.590
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.570
53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.555
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.552
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.543
56	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.540
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.530
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.510
59	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.504
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.501
61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.490
62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.485
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.479
64	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.467
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.459
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.455
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.453
68	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.434
69	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.428
70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.416
=71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.415
=71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.415
=71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.415
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.412
75	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.404
76	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.403
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.389
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.379
79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.375
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.367
81	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.352
82	Colombia`COL`South America	0.339
83	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.336
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.333
=85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.326
=85	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.326
=85	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.326
88	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.322
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.319
90	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.313
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.307
92	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.306
93	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.304
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.294
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.288
=96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.286
=96	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.286
=98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.283
=98	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.283
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.280
=101	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.272
=101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.272
103	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.268
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.260
105	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.256
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.243
=107	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.240
=107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.240
109	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.231
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.229
=111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.225
=111	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.225
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.224
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.223
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.221
116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.217
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.215
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.209
119	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.208
120	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.206
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.203
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.201
123	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.189
124	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.187
125	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.180
126	Peru`PER`South America	0.177
127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.175
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.172
129	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.169
130	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.166
131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.164
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.160
133	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.157
=134	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.155
=134	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.155
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.154
137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.153
138	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.152
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.149
140	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.146
141	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.132
142	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.131
143	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.130
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.126
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.120
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.117
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.109
148	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.104
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.101
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.093
=151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.084
=151	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.084
153	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.076
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.067
155	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.061
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.060
157	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.056
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.055
=159	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.050
=159	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.050
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.047
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.046
163	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.045
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.043
165	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.040
166	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.037
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.035
168	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.031
169	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.028
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.024
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.021
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.020
173	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.015
=174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.007
=174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.007

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.879
2Germany0.872
3Denmark0.861
4Switzerland0.855
5Norway0.854

Lowest

174North Koreashared0.007
174Afghanistanshared0.007
173Iraq0.015
172Turkmenistan0.020
171Syria0.021

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.322. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 174 in both
57 · 52rose · fell
65unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia0.231 → 0.510+0.279
Slovakia0.490 → 0.691+0.201
Moldova0.335 → 0.459+0.124
Nigeria0.207 → 0.319+0.112
Montenegro0.281 → 0.322+0.041

Fell most

Venezuela0.640 → 0.504−0.136
Niger0.277 → 0.187−0.090
Ecuador0.485 → 0.412−0.073
Comoros0.286 → 0.225−0.061
Armenia0.265 → 0.215−0.050

+ Kosovo

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 1999.
155 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.632. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1999). Deliberative Democracy Index, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/1999

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