Data for 2006

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2006

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2006
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2006, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2006 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.880; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.377. Against 2005, 130 values changed (81 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2006

HighestDenmark

0.880

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

175countries
1measure
2006the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.880
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.877
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.872
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.870
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.860
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.852
7	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.844
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.833
9	Chile`CHL`South America	0.823
10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.821
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.812
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.807
13	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.804
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.802
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.798
16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.797
=17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.795
=17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.795
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.789
20	United States`USA`Northern America	0.788
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.777
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.770
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.766
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.761
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.758
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.756
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.754
28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.742
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.741
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.735
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.732
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.728
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.709
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.707
35	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.697
=36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.678
=36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.678
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.673
=39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.664
=39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.664
41	Peru`PER`South America	0.656
=42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.654
=42	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.654
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.652
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.643
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.635
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.628
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.625
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.619
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.614
51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.612
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.609
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.607
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.594
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.591
=56	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.588
=56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.588
58	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.582
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.581
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.567
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.564
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.546
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.542
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.527
65	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.510
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.496
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.480
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.466
69	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.459
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.455
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.446
72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.439
73	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.434
74	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.432
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.428
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.426
77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.421
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.420
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.418
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.408
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.407
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.406
83	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.404
84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.397
85	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.393
86	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.380
87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.378
88	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.377
89	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.376
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.371
91	Colombia`COL`South America	0.368
92	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.357
93	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.353
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.346
95	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.342
=96	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.340
=96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.340
98	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.330
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.328
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.325
101	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.323
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.322
103	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.316
104	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.314
=105	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.307
=105	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.307
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.297
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.294
=109	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.286
=109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.286
=111	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.279
=111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.279
113	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.277
114	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.274
115	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.268
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.251
=117	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.249
=117	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.249
=119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.238
=119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.238
=121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.236
=121	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.236
=123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.223
=123	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.223
125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.220
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.219
127	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.206
=128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.198
=128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.198
=128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.198
131	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.191
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.187
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.186
134	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.183
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.179
136	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.177
=137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.171
=137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.171
139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.170
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.169
141	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.168
=142	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.159
=142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.159
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.158
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.153
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.150
147	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.148
148	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.147
149	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.138
150	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.127
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.119
152	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.108
=153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.102
=153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.102
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.093
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.092
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.087
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.081
159	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.077
160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.076
161	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.070
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.061
163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.057
=164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.056
=164	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.056
=164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.056
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	0.030
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 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.880
2Sweden0.877
3Germany0.872
4Norway0.870
5Costa Rica0.860

Lowest

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

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.377. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 175 in both
81 · 49rose · fell
45unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.298 → 0.582+0.284
Iraq0.245 → 0.325+0.080
Ukraine0.377 → 0.455+0.078
Haiti0.214 → 0.279+0.065
DR Congo0.116 → 0.179+0.063

Fell most

Thailand0.458 → 0.177−0.281
Fiji0.348 → 0.223−0.125
Bolivia0.625 → 0.564−0.061
Slovakia0.707 → 0.664−0.043
Sri Lanka0.230 → 0.191−0.039

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

Read before you use

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 2006.
154 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.198. 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 (2006). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2006

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