Data for 2012

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2012

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2012 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.885; North Korea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.397. Against 2011, 142 values changed (73 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2012

HighestDenmark

0.885

LowestNorth Korea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2012the 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.885
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.884
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.878
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.874
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.868
6	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.864
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.862
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.856
=9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.828
=9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.828
11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.827
12	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.818
=13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.815
=13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.815
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.814
16	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.808
17	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.806
18	Chile`CHL`South America	0.803
=19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.802
=19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.802
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.801
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.799
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.786
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.772
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.770
26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.769
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.757
=28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.748
=28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.748
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.745
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.726
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.700
33	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.698
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.696
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.692
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.690
=37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.689
=37	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.689
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.688
40	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.685
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.674
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.673
=43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.667
=43	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.667
=45	Peru`PER`South America	0.663
=45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.663
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.650
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.647
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.630
50	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.623
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.611
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.607
53	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.602
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.595
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.594
56	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.593
57	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.586
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.565
59	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.559
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.556
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.541
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.539
=63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.535
=63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.535
65	Colombia`COL`South America	0.528
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.514
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.510
68	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.500
69	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.483
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.481
71	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.479
72	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.465
73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.463
74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.454
75	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.449
76	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.448
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.443
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.441
79	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.432
80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.423
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.422
82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.420
83	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.410
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.409
=85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.408
=85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.408
87	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.400
88	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.398
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.395
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.389
=91	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.385
=91	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.385
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.378
94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.371
=95	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.369
=95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.369
97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.368
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.364
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.360
100	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.355
101	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.352
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.342
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.338
104	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.335
105	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.323
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.319
107	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.315
108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.308
109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.307
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.305
=111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.303
=111	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.303
=111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.303
114	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.301
115	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.296
=116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.293
=116	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.293
=116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.293
119	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.288
=120	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.275
=120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.275
122	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.270
123	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.265
124	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.264
=125	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.262
=125	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.262
=127	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.249
=127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.249
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.245
130	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.235
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.232
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.226
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.205
134	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.204
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.203
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.194
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.191
138	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.188
139	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.184
140	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.183
141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.180
=142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.178
=142	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.178
144	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.164
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.161
146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.152
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.149
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.141
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.140
=150	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.139
=150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.139
152	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.135
153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.115
=154	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.112
=154	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.112
156	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.095
157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.093
158	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.091
159	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.087
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.085
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.084
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.077
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.075
164	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.069
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.068
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.060
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.056
168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.055
=169	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.052
=169	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	0.023
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.009

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.885
2Sweden0.884
3Switzerland0.878
4Norway0.874
5Germany0.868

Lowest

176North Korea0.009
175Syria0.023
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.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 176 in both
73 · 69rose · fell
34unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia0.348 → 0.685+0.337
Yemen0.188 → 0.323+0.135
Libya0.184 → 0.303+0.119
Niger0.469 → 0.559+0.090
Myanmar0.168 → 0.235+0.067

Fell most

Mali0.500 → 0.335−0.165
Nepal0.443 → 0.342−0.101
Maldives0.469 → 0.378−0.091
Guinea-Bissau0.263 → 0.188−0.075
Slovenia0.762 → 0.692−0.070

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 2012.
154 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.303. 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 (2012). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2012

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