Data for 2003

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2003

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2003
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2003 covers 175 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.880; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.349. Against 2002, 117 values changed (72 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2003

HighestSweden

0.880

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

175countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.880
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.867
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.865
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	0.822
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.811
9	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.807
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.802
11	Chile`CHL`South America	0.799
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.798
13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.796
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.794
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.792
16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.785
17	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.782
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.780
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.779
20	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.777
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.776
22	United States`USA`Northern America	0.771
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.766
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.765
25	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.763
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.759
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.756
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.744
=29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.741
=29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.741
=31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.737
=31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.737
33	Peru`PER`South America	0.718
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.714
35	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.711
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.706
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.704
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.678
39	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.670
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.669
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.663
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.654
43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.653
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.645
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.642
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.636
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.635
48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.632
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.629
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.628
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.625
52	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.621
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.619
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.609
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.602
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.599
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.598
58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.591
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.573
60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.561
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.559
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.545
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.518
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.514
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.511
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.493
=67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.476
=67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.476
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.453
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.450
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.443
72	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.439
73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.437
74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.436
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.426
=76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.421
=76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.421
=76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.421
79	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.404
80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.396
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.393
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.390
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.378
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.372
85	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.370
86	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.363
87	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.358
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.349
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.348
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.344
91	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.342
92	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.340
93	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.333
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.331
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.329
96	Colombia`COL`South America	0.315
=97	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.309
=97	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.309
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.306
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.305
=101	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.296
=101	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.296
=103	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.293
=103	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.293
=105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.290
=105	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.290
107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.289
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.285
109	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.269
110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.263
111	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.260
112	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.258
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.257
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.248
=115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.246
=115	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.246
117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.243
=118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.242
=118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.242
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.236
121	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.234
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.223
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.212
124	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.205
125	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.204
=126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.202
=126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.202
128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.199
129	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.196
=130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.186
=130	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.186
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.183
133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.182
134	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.179
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.174
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.172
137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.165
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.164
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.163
140	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.157
141	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.156
142	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.153
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.150
144	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.147
=145	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.144
=145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.144
147	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.143
148	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.128
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.117
150	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.113
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.105
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.098
153	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.097
=154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.087
=154	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.087
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.083
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.078
=158	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.077
=158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.077
160	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.074
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.062
162	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.056
=163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.054
=163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.054
=165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.047
=165	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.047
167	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.046
168	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.042
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.041
170	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.034
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.027
=172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.026
=172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.026
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.010
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.880
2Norway0.867
3Germany0.865
4Denmark0.862
5Switzerland0.853

Lowest

175North Korea0.008
174Turkmenistan0.010
172Syriashared0.026
172Eritreashared0.026
171Myanmar0.027

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.349. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
117values changed, of 175 in both
72 · 45rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Fiji0.237 → 0.348+0.111
Somaliland0.162 → 0.246+0.084
Sierra Leone0.347 → 0.421+0.074
Iraq0.014 → 0.087+0.073
Lesotho0.322 → 0.393+0.071

Fell most

Argentina0.765 → 0.636−0.129
Nepal0.208 → 0.164−0.044
Ecuador0.432 → 0.390−0.042
Cambodia0.201 → 0.172−0.029
Central African Republic0.240 → 0.212−0.028

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 2003.
156 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.421. 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 (2003). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2003

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