Data for 2001

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2001

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2001 covers 175 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.879; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.328. Against 2000, 115 values changed (64 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2001

HighestSweden

0.879

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

175countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: 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	0.865
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	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.805
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.802
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.799
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.798
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.795
14	Chile`CHL`South America	0.792
=15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.779
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.779
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.778
=18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.776
=18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.776
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.774
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.773
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.770
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.769
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.767
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.766
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.758
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.744
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.741
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.738
30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.737
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.736
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.731
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.727
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.710
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.709
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.702
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.696
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.672
39	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.666
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.660
41	Peru`PER`South America	0.658
=42	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.645
=42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.645
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.635
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.632
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.631
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.629
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.628
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.625
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.624
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.619
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.613
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.612
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.607
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.598
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.571
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.569
58	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.550
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.546
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.542
61	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.538
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.520
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.516
64	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.511
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.507
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.464
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.459
=68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.447
=68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.447
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.440
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.434
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.431
=73	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.428
=73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.428
75	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.427
76	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.423
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.399
78	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.373
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.369
80	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.353
81	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.352
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.349
83	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.347
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.346
=85	Colombia`COL`South America	0.342
=85	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.342
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.329
88	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.328
89	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.326
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.311
91	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.309
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.307
93	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.299
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.293
95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.290
96	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.288
97	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.284
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.282
99	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.278
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.277
101	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.274
102	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.261
103	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.256
104	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.253
105	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.252
=106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.251
=106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.251
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.250
=109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.247
=109	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.247
111	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.244
112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.242
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.241
114	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.240
115	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.235
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.226
117	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.224
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.218
119	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.215
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.203
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.202
=122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.201
=122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.201
=122	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.201
125	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.200
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.199
127	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.198
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.195
129	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.194
=130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.190
=130	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.190
132	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.185
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.183
134	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.166
135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.160
=136	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.156
=136	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.156
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.154
139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.151
=140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.149
=140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.149
=140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.149
143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.147
144	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.146
145	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.143
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.126
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.118
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.117
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.105
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.101
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.097
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.083
153	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.082
=154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.078
=154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.078
156	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.076
=157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.074
=157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.074
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.062
=160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.056
=160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.056
=162	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.047
=162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.047
=164	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.046
=164	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.046
166	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.042
167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.040
168	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.039
169	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.034
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.030
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.024
172	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.015
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.014
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.010
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.879
2Germany0.872
3Norway0.865
4Denmark0.861
5Switzerland0.853

Lowest

175North Korea0.008
174Turkmenistan0.010
173Afghanistan0.014
172Iraq0.015
171Myanmar0.024

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.328. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 175 in both
64 · 51rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Peru0.325 → 0.658+0.333
Serbia0.347 → 0.511+0.164
Bahrain0.048 → 0.151+0.103
Côte d’Ivoire0.221 → 0.299+0.078
Mexico0.477 → 0.542+0.065

Fell most

Moldova0.373 → 0.252−0.121
United States0.808 → 0.737−0.071
Romania0.399 → 0.353−0.046
Senegal0.579 → 0.538−0.041
Solomon Islands0.239 → 0.200−0.039

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 2001.
156 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.201. 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 (2001). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2001

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