Data for 2013

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2013

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2013
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2013, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2013 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.881; North Korea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.372. Against 2012, 166 values changed (47 up, 119 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2013

HighestDenmark

0.881

LowestNorth Korea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.881
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.877
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.870
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.868
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.865
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.860
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.858
8	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.855
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.829
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.828
11	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.820
=13	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.814
=13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.814
=15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.807
=15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.807
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.802
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.798
19	Chile`CHL`South America	0.794
20	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.791
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.789
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.784
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.767
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.757
25	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.748
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.731
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.725
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.720
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.718
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.717
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.714
32	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.709
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.703
34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.694
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.689
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.686
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.678
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.666
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.655
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.652
=41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.646
=41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.646
=41	Peru`PER`South America	0.646
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.640
=45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.638
=45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.638
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.632
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.627
49	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.617
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.602
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.593
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.582
53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.574
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.572
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.567
=56	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.564
=56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.564
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.561
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.560
60	Colombia`COL`South America	0.540
=61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.529
=61	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.529
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.520
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.514
=65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.499
=65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.499
67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.495
68	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.483
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.478
=70	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.469
=70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.469
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.462
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.459
=74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.454
=74	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.454
76	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.450
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.449
78	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.430
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.429
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.426
81	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.409
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.405
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.400
84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.399
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.395
86	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.384
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.377
88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.374
89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.369
=90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.367
=90	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.367
=92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.366
=92	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.366
94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.359
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.357
=96	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.352
=96	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.352
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.350
99	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.341
100	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.327
101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.321
102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.320
103	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.311
104	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.309
105	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.299
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.295
107	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.293
=108	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.286
=108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.286
110	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.285
=111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.284
=111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.284
113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.277
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.275
=115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.271
=115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.271
=117	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.267
=117	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.267
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.264
120	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.261
121	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.255
122	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.251
123	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.242
124	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.235
125	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.234
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.230
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.221
=128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.220
=128	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.220
130	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.217
131	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.209
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.195
133	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.186
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.178
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.175
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.171
137	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.169
138	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.167
139	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.162
=140	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.152
=140	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.152
=140	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.152
143	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.150
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.148
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.146
146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.143
147	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.139
148	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.138
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.132
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.126
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.121
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.117
153	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.109
154	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.099
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.090
=156	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.089
=156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.089
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.086
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.085
=160	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.084
=160	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.084
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.073
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.068
164	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.061
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.060
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.059
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.058
168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.057
169	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.056
170	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.052
171	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.046
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.035
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.022
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.017
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.009

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.881
2Switzerland0.877
3Norway0.870
4Sweden0.868
5United States0.865

Lowest

176North Korea0.009
175Syria0.017
174Eritrea0.022
173Turkmenistan0.031
172Uzbekistan0.035

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.372. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 176 in both
47 · 119rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.364 → 0.478+0.114
Libya0.303 → 0.400+0.097
Kosovo0.296 → 0.341+0.045
Lesotho0.420 → 0.454+0.034
Jamaica0.650 → 0.678+0.028

Fell most

Albania0.408 → 0.271−0.137
Zambia0.422 → 0.286−0.136
Serbia0.483 → 0.357−0.126
Nicaragua0.262 → 0.139−0.123
Nepal0.342 → 0.230−0.112

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 2013.
154 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.646. 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 (2013). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2013

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