Data for 2005

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2005

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2005
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2005, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2005 covers 175 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.880; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.369. Against 2004, 121 values changed (68 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2005

HighestSweden

0.880

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

175countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.880
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.877
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.868
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.865
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.852
6	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.842
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.839
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.822
9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.816
10	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.812
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.811
12	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.804
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.802
14	Chile`CHL`South America	0.799
15	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.798
=16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.795
=16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.795
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.794
19	United States`USA`Northern America	0.782
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.779
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.777
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.766
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.765
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.764
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.758
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.751
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.749
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.741
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.740
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.735
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.734
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.724
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.714
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.707
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.694
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.692
37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.678
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.677
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.673
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.664
41	Peru`PER`South America	0.661
42	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.657
43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.652
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.642
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.637
=46	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.632
=46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.632
48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.625
49	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.623
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.621
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.619
52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.616
53	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.615
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.611
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.609
56	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.593
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.591
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.578
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.575
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.567
61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.556
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.538
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.525
64	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.511
65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.501
66	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.480
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.470
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.464
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.458
70	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.457
=71	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.441
=71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.441
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.436
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.427
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.421
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.417
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.415
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.411
=79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.407
=79	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.407
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.403
82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.396
=83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.393
=83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.393
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.377
=86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.376
=86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.376
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.369
89	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.364
90	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.355
91	Colombia`COL`South America	0.353
=92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.352
=92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.352
94	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.348
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.342
96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.339
97	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.336
98	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.332
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.331
100	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.327
=101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.326
=101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.326
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.318
104	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.316
=105	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.307
=105	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.307
107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.298
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.292
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.289
110	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.286
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.268
112	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.262
113	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.258
114	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.254
=115	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.251
=115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.251
117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.249
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.245
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.240
=120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.239
=120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.239
122	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.235
123	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.230
124	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.229
125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.215
126	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.214
127	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.207
128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.206
129	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.200
130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.199
131	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.197
=132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.186
=132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.186
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.184
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.178
=136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.171
=136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.171
138	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.167
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.158
140	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.157
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.155
142	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.154
=143	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.153
=143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.153
145	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.152
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.147
147	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.143
148	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.140
149	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.127
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.119
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.116
152	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.113
153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.104
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.103
155	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.093
156	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.087
157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.083
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.080
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.078
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.077
161	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.075
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.060
163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.057
=164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.056
=164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.056
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.055
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.052
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.041
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.039
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.029
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	0.011
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.880
2Denmark0.877
3Norway0.868
4Germany0.865
5Switzerland0.852

Lowest

175North Korea0.008
174Turkmenistan0.011
172Syriashared0.026
172Eritreashared0.026
171Myanmar0.027

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.369. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 175 in both
68 · 53rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Ukraine0.289 → 0.377+0.088
Maldives0.078 → 0.152+0.074
Lebanon0.250 → 0.318+0.068
Togo0.205 → 0.268+0.063
Romania0.355 → 0.407+0.052

Fell most

Slovenia0.750 → 0.694−0.056
Iran0.249 → 0.200−0.049
Latvia0.669 → 0.623−0.046
Timor-Leste0.404 → 0.364−0.040
Sri Lanka0.267 → 0.230−0.037

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 2005.
159 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.795. 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 (2005). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2005

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