Data for 2011

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2011

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2011 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.884; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.397. Against 2010, 134 values changed (72 up, 62 down), 1 country joined.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2011

HighestDenmark

0.884

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

176countries
1measure
2011the 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.884
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.881
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.874
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.870
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.868
6	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.864
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.861
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.857
9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.832
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.828
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.821
12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.818
=13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.813
=13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.813
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.811
16	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.810
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.809
18	Chile`CHL`South America	0.807
=19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.804
=19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.804
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.796
=22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.786
=22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.786
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.774
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.771
26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.769
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.763
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.762
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.757
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.744
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.741
32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.733
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.726
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.698
35	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.693
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.690
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.689
=38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.688
=38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.688
40	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.675
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.673
42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.667
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.664
44	Peru`PER`South America	0.661
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.658
46	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.647
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.632
=48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.631
=48	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.631
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.615
51	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.608
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.602
=53	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.592
=53	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.592
55	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.590
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.586
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.577
58	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.548
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.545
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.544
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.543
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.538
63	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.517
64	Colombia`COL`South America	0.516
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.510
66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.501
67	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.500
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.494
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.487
70	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.480
=71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.469
=71	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.469
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.466
74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.465
=75	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.449
=75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.449
77	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.443
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.441
79	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.437
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.432
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.421
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.419
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.416
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.412
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.410
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.408
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.406
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.401
=89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.393
=89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.393
91	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.391
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.386
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.385
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.381
=95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.371
=95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.371
97	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.368
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.363
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.362
100	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.355
101	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.354
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.348
103	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.345
104	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.324
105	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.323
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.320
107	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.315
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.312
109	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.310
110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.309
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.305
112	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.303
113	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.298
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.296
115	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.295
116	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.292
117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.290
118	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.286
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.285
120	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.281
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.276
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.271
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.263
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.260
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.253
=126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.247
=126	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.247
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.246
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.234
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.224
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.218
=132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.204
=132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.204
134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.203
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.193
136	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.188
137	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.187
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.186
139	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.184
140	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.183
141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.176
142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.168
=143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.163
=143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.163
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.158
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.153
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.148
=148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.141
=148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.141
150	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.138
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.135
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.115
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.112
154	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.109
155	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.107
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.101
157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.093
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.088
=159	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.084
=159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.084
=161	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.077
=161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.077
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.074
164	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.068
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.063
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.060
=167	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.057
=167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.057
169	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.056
170	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.052
171	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.041
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.039
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.026
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.024
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.884
2Sweden0.881
3Norway0.874
4Germany0.870
5Switzerland0.868

Lowest

176North Korea0.008
175Syria0.024
174Eritrea0.026
173Turkmenistan0.031
172Uzbekistan0.039

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.397. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
134values changed, of 175 in both
72 · 62rose · fell
41unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia0.124 → 0.348+0.224
Niger0.296 → 0.469+0.173
Libya0.041 → 0.184+0.143
Egypt0.136 → 0.247+0.111
Myanmar0.061 → 0.168+0.107

Fell most

Bahrain0.128 → 0.057−0.071
Türkiye0.325 → 0.281−0.044
Benin0.571 → 0.538−0.033
Hungary0.511 → 0.480−0.031
North Macedonia0.321 → 0.292−0.029

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
159 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.813. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2011). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2011

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