Data for 2002

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2002, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002 covers 175 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.879; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.347. Against 2001, 123 values changed (78 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2002

HighestSweden

0.879

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

175countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
156distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002, 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, 2002: 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	0.870
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.867
4	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.862
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.853
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.839
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.823
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.811
9	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.806
10	Chile`CHL`South America	0.803
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.802
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.798
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.795
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.792
=15	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.783
=15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.783
=15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.783
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.780
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.779
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.776
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.773
=22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.766
=22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.766
24	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.765
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.764
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.759
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.756
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.741
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.739
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.738
=31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.737
=31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.737
33	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.726
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.721
35	Peru`PER`South America	0.718
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.713
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.707
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.695
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.678
40	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.671
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.660
42	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.653
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.645
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.642
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.635
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.630
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.629
=48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.628
=48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.628
=50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.625
=50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.625
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.621
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.620
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.609
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.599
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.598
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.583
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.575
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.564
60	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.553
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.552
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.531
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.518
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.516
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.502
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.493
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.481
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.466
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.455
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.449
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.444
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.441
73	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.439
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.432
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.426
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.413
77	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.398
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.397
79	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.373
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.372
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.371
82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.369
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.367
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.357
85	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.353
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.348
=87	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.347
=87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.347
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.342
90	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.332
=91	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.328
=91	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.328
93	Colombia`COL`South America	0.325
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.322
95	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.320
=96	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.309
=96	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.309
=98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.296
=98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.296
=100	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.290
=100	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.290
102	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.284
103	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.283
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.282
=105	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.277
=105	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.277
107	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.276
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.268
=109	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.260
=109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.260
111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.252
112	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.249
113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.246
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.245
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.242
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.241
=117	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.240
=117	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.240
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.237
120	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.230
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.219
122	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.215
123	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.209
124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.208
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.204
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.203
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.202
128	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.201
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.198
130	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.196
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.195
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.190
133	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.186
=134	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.185
=134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.185
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.184
137	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.162
138	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.160
=139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.155
=139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.155
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.150
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.149
143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.147
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.145
145	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.144
146	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.143
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.139
=148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.117
=148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.117
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.104
151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.096
152	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.093
153	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.088
154	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.083
=155	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.078
=155	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.078
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.074
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.073
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.062
160	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.061
161	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.060
162	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.056
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.054
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.047
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.046
166	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.042
=167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.041
=167	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.041
169	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.032
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.030
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.028
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.024
173	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.014
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.010
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.879
2Germany0.870
3Norway0.867
4Denmark0.862
5Switzerland0.853

Lowest

175North Korea0.008
174Turkmenistan0.010
173Iraq0.014
172Myanmar0.024
171Eritrea0.028

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.347. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 175 in both
78 · 45rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan0.014 → 0.230+0.216
Timor-Leste0.250 → 0.398+0.148
Kosovo0.166 → 0.277+0.111
Solomon Islands0.200 → 0.309+0.109
North Macedonia0.256 → 0.357+0.101

Fell most

Nepal0.251 → 0.208−0.043
Venezuela0.307 → 0.284−0.023
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.459 → 0.441−0.018
Colombia0.342 → 0.325−0.017
Azerbaijan0.078 → 0.061−0.017

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 2002.
156 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.783. 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 (2002). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2002

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