Data for 2014

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2014

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2014 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.880; North Korea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.381. Against 2013, 139 values changed (58 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2014

HighestDenmark

0.880

LowestNorth Korea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
164distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.880
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.877
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.872
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.863
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.860
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.857
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.852
8	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.847
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.829
10	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
11	Chile`CHL`South America	0.820
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.817
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.815
14	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.813
=15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.810
=15	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.810
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.807
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.806
19	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.800
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.794
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.790
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.781
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.767
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.760
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.753
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.737
27	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.733
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.730
=29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.727
=29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.727
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.725
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.714
33	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.703
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.694
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.691
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.685
37	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.671
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.670
39	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.655
40	Peru`PER`South America	0.652
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.648
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.645
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.638
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.633
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.632
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.624
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.622
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.615
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.599
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.592
51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.588
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.582
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.570
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.567
55	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.564
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.562
57	Colombia`COL`South America	0.557
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.556
=59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.552
=59	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.552
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.524
62	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.523
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.519
64	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.510
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.495
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.493
67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.490
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.488
69	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.474
70	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.469
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.468
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.467
73	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.465
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.458
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.456
=76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.449
=76	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.449
78	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.441
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.438
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.434
81	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.426
82	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.415
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.401
84	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.399
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.393
86	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.387
87	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.386
88	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.383
89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.378
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.375
91	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.371
92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.370
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.365
94	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.364
95	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.363
96	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.356
97	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.352
98	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.342
=99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.327
=99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.327
101	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.321
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.307
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.304
104	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.303
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.300
106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.297
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.292
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.286
109	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.284
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.281
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.276
112	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.275
113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.272
114	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.267
115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.263
116	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.260
117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.258
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.257
119	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.255
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.254
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.250
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.243
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.238
124	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.234
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.227
126	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.220
=127	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.218
=127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.218
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.216
130	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.202
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.198
132	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.196
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.184
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.178
135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.176
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.170
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.160
138	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.155
=139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.152
=139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.152
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.149
=142	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.147
=142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.147
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.146
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.143
146	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.142
=147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.138
=147	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.138
=149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.131
=149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.131
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.130
152	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.119
153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.117
154	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.109
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.090
=156	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.089
=156	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.089
=156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.089
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.087
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.085
161	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.078
162	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.068
163	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.065
164	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.062
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.060
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.059
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.052
168	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.050
169	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.049
170	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.046
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.038
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031
173	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.024
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.022
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.017
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.009

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.880
2Switzerland0.877
3Norway0.872
4Sweden0.863
5United States0.860

Lowest

176North Korea0.009
175Syria0.017
174Eritrea0.022
173Thailand0.024
172Turkmenistan0.031

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.381. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
139values changed, of 176 in both
58 · 81rose · fell
37unchanged

Rose most

Nepal0.230 → 0.426+0.196
Mali0.309 → 0.449+0.140
Madagascar0.084 → 0.202+0.118
Guinea-Bissau0.126 → 0.218+0.092
Central African Republic0.058 → 0.131+0.073

Fell most

Thailand0.377 → 0.024−0.353
Libya0.400 → 0.234−0.166
Yemen0.285 → 0.152−0.133
India0.572 → 0.510−0.062
Serbia0.357 → 0.300−0.057

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 2014.
164 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.089. 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 (2014). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2014

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