Data for 2015

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2015

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2015
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2015, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2015 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.881; North Korea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.378. Against 2014, 150 values changed (68 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2015

HighestDenmark

0.881

LowestNorth Korea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.881
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.878
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.877
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.872
5	United States`USA`Northern America	0.854
=6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.850
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.850
8	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.827
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.820
11	Chile`CHL`South America	0.819
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.815
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.811
=14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.810
=14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.810
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.806
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.804
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.803
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.794
=20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.792
=20	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.792
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.785
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.765
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.764
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.743
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.737
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.735
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.730
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.728
30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.726
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.719
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.694
=33	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.693
=33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.693
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.687
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.680
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.670
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.657
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.650
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.645
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.644
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.643
=43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.632
=43	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.632
=45	Peru`PER`South America	0.631
=45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.631
47	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.615
48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.608
=49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.606
=49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.606
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.591
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.587
53	Colombia`COL`South America	0.566
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.565
55	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.562
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.560
57	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.559
58	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.554
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.552
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.545
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.543
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.529
63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.522
64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.517
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.514
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.506
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.474
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.472
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.466
70	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.460
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.450
=72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.446
=72	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.446
74	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.441
=75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.440
=75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.440
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.439
78	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.433
79	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.421
=80	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.411
=80	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.411
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.408
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.398
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.397
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.393
86	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.387
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.381
=88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.378
=88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.378
90	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.377
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.376
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.375
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.374
94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.368
95	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.367
96	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.366
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.359
98	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.353
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.345
100	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.341
101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.327
102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.324
103	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.305
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.298
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.294
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.290
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.288
=108	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.286
=108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.286
110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.285
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.284
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.283
113	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.280
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.278
115	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.273
=116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.269
=116	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.269
=116	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.269
119	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.267
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.260
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.258
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.257
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.254
124	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.253
125	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.244
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.239
127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.232
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.230
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.226
130	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.224
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.218
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.203
133	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.180
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.178
135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.177
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.159
137	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.157
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.155
139	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.154
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.151
141	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.150
142	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.149
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.148
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.144
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.142
=146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.138
=146	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.138
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.132
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.121
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.117
151	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.110
152	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.103
153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.093
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.092
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	0.087
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.086
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.070
161	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.069
162	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.062
=163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.060
=163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.060
165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.054
166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.051
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.049
=168	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.047
=168	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.047
170	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.046
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.039
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031
173	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.023
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.022
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.017
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.009

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.881
2Sweden0.878
3Norway0.877
4Switzerland0.872
5United States0.854

Lowest

176North Korea0.009
175Syria0.017
174Eritrea0.022
173Thailand0.023
172Turkmenistan0.031

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.378. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 176 in both
68 · 82rose · fell
26unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka0.216 → 0.408+0.192
Fiji0.196 → 0.278+0.082
Ukraine0.297 → 0.367+0.070
Madagascar0.202 → 0.269+0.067
Guinea-Bissau0.218 → 0.285+0.067

Fell most

Burkina Faso0.469 → 0.359−0.110
India0.510 → 0.411−0.099
Yemen0.152 → 0.054−0.098
Moldova0.490 → 0.397−0.093
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.401 → 0.345−0.056

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 2015.
158 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.269. 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 (2015). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2015

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