Data for 2007

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2007

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2007
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2007 covers 175 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.880; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.364. Against 2006, 130 values changed (67 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2007

Highest2 countries share it

0.880

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

175countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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=1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.880
=1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.880
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.872
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.870
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.864
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.854
7	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.844
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.834
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.826
10	Chile`CHL`South America	0.823
11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.821
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.816
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.813
14	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.812
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.804
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.803
=17	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.802
=17	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.802
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.798
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.791
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.789
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.779
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.777
=24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.761
=24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.761
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.756
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.754
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.748
29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.746
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.741
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.736
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.709
=33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.703
=33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.703
35	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.696
=36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.678
=36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.678
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.673
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.668
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.663
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.660
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.657
43	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.654
44	Peru`PER`South America	0.640
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.639
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.634
47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.627
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.624
49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.620
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.611
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.610
=52	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.606
=52	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.606
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.605
55	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.598
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.588
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.587
58	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.582
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.581
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.571
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.560
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.542
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.526
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.522
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.516
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.504
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.490
68	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.482
69	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.480
70	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.459
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.450
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.442
73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.441
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.428
75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.425
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.417
77	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.414
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.409
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.407
80	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.406
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.404
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.390
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.389
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.384
85	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.380
86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.377
87	Colombia`COL`South America	0.375
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.364
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.363
90	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.361
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.359
=92	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.355
=92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.355
94	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.346
=95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.340
=95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.340
=95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.340
98	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.339
=99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.336
=99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.336
101	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.330
=102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.325
=102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.325
104	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.321
105	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.319
=106	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.313
=106	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.313
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.308
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.293
110	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.291
111	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.285
112	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.280
=113	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.276
=113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.276
115	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.273
116	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.269
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.261
118	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.260
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.248
120	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.247
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.239
122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.238
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.231
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.219
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.211
126	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.209
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.208
=128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.206
=128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.206
130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.198
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.196
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.187
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.185
=134	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.183
=134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.183
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.171
137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.170
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.169
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.165
140	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.164
141	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.160
142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.158
143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.153
=144	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.152
=144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.152
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.141
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.138
148	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.127
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.118
=150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.109
=150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.109
152	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.104
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.096
154	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.095
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.093
156	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.087
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.086
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.077
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.074
160	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.073
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.071
162	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.067
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.061
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.058
=165	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.056
=165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	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	0.036
=171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.026
=171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.026
=171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.026
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.022
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmarkshared0.880
1Swedenshared0.880
3Germany0.872
4Norway0.870
5Costa Rica0.864

Lowest

175North Korea0.008
174Turkmenistan0.022
171Syriashared0.026
171Myanmarshared0.026
171Eritreashared0.026

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.364. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 175 in both
67 · 63rose · fell
45unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania0.236 → 0.346+0.110
Ecuador0.408 → 0.516+0.108
Nepal0.198 → 0.273+0.075
Solomon Islands0.316 → 0.361+0.045
Haiti0.279 → 0.321+0.042

Fell most

Fiji0.223 → 0.067−0.156
Nicaragua0.434 → 0.325−0.109
Bangladesh0.168 → 0.095−0.073
Comoros0.307 → 0.261−0.046
North Macedonia0.406 → 0.364−0.042

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 2007.
155 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.340. 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 (2007). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2007

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