Data for 2016

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2016

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2016
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2016, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2016 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.877; North Korea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.384. Against 2015, 150 values changed (71 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2016

HighestDenmark

0.877

LowestNorth Korea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.877
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.876
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.870
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.863
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.854
=6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.839
=6	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.839
8	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.827
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
10	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.825
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.820
12	Chile`CHL`South America	0.816
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.815
14	United States`USA`Northern America	0.812
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.811
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.808
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.806
18	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.798
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.794
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.785
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.771
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.765
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.749
24	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.742
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.740
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.738
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.735
=28	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.730
=28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.730
=30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.726
=30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.726
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.704
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.697
=34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.678
=34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.678
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.669
37	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.659
=38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.644
=38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.644
=40	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.632
=40	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.632
=42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.631
=42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.631
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.626
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.619
46	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.608
47	Peru`PER`South America	0.607
48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.603
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.597
=50	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.594
=50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.594
52	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.589
=53	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.586
=53	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.586
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.567
56	Colombia`COL`South America	0.565
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.559
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.558
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.547
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.544
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.540
62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.539
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.535
64	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.526
65	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.515
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.504
67	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.503
68	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.485
=69	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.466
=69	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.466
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.454
72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.451
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.444
=74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.441
=74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.441
=74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.441
=74	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.441
78	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.439
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.435
80	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.427
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.426
=82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.422
=82	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.422
84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.396
=85	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.393
=85	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.393
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.392
88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.384
89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.383
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.379
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.378
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.374
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.366
94	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.365
95	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.359
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.357
97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.354
98	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.349
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.344
100	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.337
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.332
102	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.330
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.325
104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.306
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.296
=106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.290
=106	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.290
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.288
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.286
110	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.277
111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.275
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.274
113	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.273
=114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.269
=114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.269
=114	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.269
117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.265
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.262
119	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.260
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.258
121	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.257
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.256
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.255
124	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.245
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.243
=126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.232
=126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.232
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.227
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.220
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.216
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.209
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.196
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.192
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.181
135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.180
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.159
137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.158
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.152
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.149
=140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.146
=140	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.146
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.140
143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.138
=144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.133
=144	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.133
146	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.128
147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.123
148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.121
149	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.120
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.116
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.109
=152	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.098
=152	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.098
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.090
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.089
156	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.088
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.087
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.082
159	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.071
160	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.062
=161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.061
=161	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.061
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.060
164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.054
165	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.050
=166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.047
=166	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.047
=168	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.045
=168	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.045
170	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.042
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.028
173	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.025
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.021
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.017
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.009

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.877
2Sweden0.876
3Switzerland0.870
4Norway0.863
5Germany0.854

Lowest

176North Korea0.009
175Syria0.017
174Eritrea0.021
173Thailand0.025
172Yemen0.028

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.384. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 176 in both
71 · 79rose · fell
26unchanged

Rose most

Burkina Faso0.359 → 0.586+0.227
Romania0.514 → 0.644+0.130
Seychelles0.387 → 0.485+0.098
Central African Republic0.180 → 0.256+0.076
Taiwan0.670 → 0.742+0.072

Fell most

Brazil0.792 → 0.586−0.206
Poland0.693 → 0.503−0.190
Croatia0.644 → 0.540−0.104
Philippines0.466 → 0.392−0.074
Guinea-Bissau0.285 → 0.216−0.069

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 2016.
151 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.441. 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 (2016). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2016

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