Data for 2000

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2000

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2000
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2000 covers 175 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.879; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.007. The middle country reads 0.325. Against 1999, 145 values changed (85 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2000

HighestSweden

0.879

LowestAfghanistan

0.007

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

175countries
1measure
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: 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	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.864
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.861
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.853
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.841
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.823
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.811
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.808
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.805
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.802
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.801
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.798
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.795
15	Chile`CHL`South America	0.792
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.784
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.779
=18	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.776
=18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.776
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.775
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.773
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.772
=23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.767
=23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.767
=23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.767
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.756
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.751
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.748
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.745
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.741
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.737
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.731
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.727
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.705
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.700
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.696
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.692
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.672
39	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.666
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.660
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.645
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.644
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.638
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.631
=45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.628
=45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.628
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.627
=48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.623
=48	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.623
=50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.619
=50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.619
52	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.605
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.598
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.594
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.579
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.577
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.576
58	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.553
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.546
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.518
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.515
62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.490
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.477
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.475
65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.447
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.446
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.440
68	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.434
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.432
=70	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.428
=70	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.428
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.427
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.424
74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.420
75	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.399
76	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.398
=77	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.373
=77	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.373
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.369
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.364
=81	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.347
=81	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.347
83	Colombia`COL`South America	0.346
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.345
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.334
86	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.329
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.326
88	Peru`PER`South America	0.325
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.324
90	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.322
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.316
92	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.309
93	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.305
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.304
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.287
96	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.286
97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.285
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.282
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.279
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.277
101	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.272
102	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.260
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.258
104	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.256
105	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.254
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.247
107	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.244
=108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.240
=108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.240
110	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.239
111	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.236
112	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.235
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.233
114	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.225
115	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.224
=116	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.221
=116	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.221
118	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.218
=119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.216
=119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.216
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.204
=122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.201
=122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.201
=122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.201
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.198
126	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.195
=127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.194
=127	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.194
129	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.189
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.186
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.185
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.183
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.181
134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.178
=135	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.161
=135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.161
=137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.154
=137	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.154
139	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.150
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.149
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.148
142	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.147
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.146
144	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.142
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.127
146	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.124
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.120
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.117
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.112
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.104
151	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.095
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.083
153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.079
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.078
155	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.075
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.064
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.062
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.057
159	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.056
160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.055
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.048
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.046
163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.043
=164	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.041
=164	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.041
=166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.040
=166	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.040
=166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.040
169	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.032
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.030
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.024
172	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.015
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.012
174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.007

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.879
2Germany0.872
3Norway0.864
4Denmark0.861
5Switzerland0.853

Lowest

175Afghanistan0.007
174North Korea0.008
173Turkmenistan0.012
172Iraq0.015
171Myanmar0.024

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.325. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 175 in both
85 · 60rose · fell
30unchanged

Rose most

Croatia0.169 → 0.619+0.450
Niger0.187 → 0.428+0.241
Serbia0.130 → 0.347+0.217
Timor-Leste0.028 → 0.218+0.190
Taiwan0.540 → 0.692+0.152

Fell most

Fiji0.415 → 0.194−0.221
Venezuela0.504 → 0.334−0.170
Moldova0.459 → 0.373−0.086
Zimbabwe0.256 → 0.178−0.078
Solomon Islands0.313 → 0.239−0.074

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 2000.
155 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.767. 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 (2000). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2000

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