Data for 2017

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2017

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2017
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2017, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2017 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.881; North Korea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.375. Against 2016, 164 values changed (65 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2017

HighestDenmark

0.881

LowestNorth Korea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: 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	0.876
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.872
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.861
5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.855
6	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.847
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.844
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
9	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.824
=10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.816
=10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.816
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.810
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.809
=14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.807
=14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.807
=16	Chile`CHL`South America	0.801
=16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.801
18	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.797
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.781
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.758
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.755
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.747
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.746
24	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.745
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.744
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.741
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.736
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.730
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.729
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.702
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.700
32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.688
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.687
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.681
35	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.656
36	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.645
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.642
38	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.641
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.626
40	United States`USA`Northern America	0.625
=41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.620
=41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.620
=41	Peru`PER`South America	0.620
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.618
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.617
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.613
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.598
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.595
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.581
50	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.580
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.579
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.577
53	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.574
54	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.573
55	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.570
56	Colombia`COL`South America	0.557
=57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.552
=57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.552
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.539
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.538
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.534
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.500
63	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.498
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.495
65	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.494
66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.489
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.483
68	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.477
69	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.471
70	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.467
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.464
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.458
73	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.451
74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.449
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.444
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.437
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.430
78	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.426
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.425
80	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.416
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.409
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.408
83	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.406
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.405
85	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.387
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.385
87	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.378
88	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.376
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.374
90	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.367
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.366
92	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.361
93	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.357
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.353
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.350
96	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.348
97	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.341
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.332
99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.330
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.325
101	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.324
=102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.321
=102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.321
104	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.317
105	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.309
106	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.300
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.296
108	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.289
109	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.288
=110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.276
=110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.276
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.274
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.272
=114	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.269
=114	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.269
=116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.267
=116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.267
=118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.261
=118	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.261
120	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.259
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.257
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.256
123	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.247
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.241
125	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.235
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.231
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.229
128	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.228
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.221
130	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.220
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.219
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.210
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.204
134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.183
135	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.172
136	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.166
=137	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.161
=137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.161
139	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.151
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.149
=141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.145
=141	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.145
143	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.140
=144	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.138
=144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.138
146	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.128
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.124
148	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.123
149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.117
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.116
151	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.112
=152	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.097
=152	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.097
154	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.096
=155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.091
=155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.091
=155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.091
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.086
159	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.082
160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.081
161	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.067
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.066
163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.063
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.061
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.052
=166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.047
=166	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.047
168	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.043
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.042
170	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.040
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.038
172	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.027
173	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.025
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.021
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.020
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.009

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.881
2Sweden0.876
3Switzerland0.872
4Norway0.861
5Germany0.855

Lowest

176North Korea0.009
175Syria0.020
174Eritrea0.021
173Yemen0.025
172Thailand0.027

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.375. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 176 in both
65 · 99rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Gambia0.088 → 0.350+0.262
South Korea0.567 → 0.781+0.214
North Macedonia0.269 → 0.430+0.161
Ecuador0.344 → 0.437+0.093
Uzbekistan0.062 → 0.145+0.083

Fell most

Romania0.644 → 0.330−0.314
United States0.812 → 0.625−0.187
Barbados0.669 → 0.595−0.074
Lebanon0.384 → 0.321−0.063
Bulgaria0.544 → 0.483−0.061

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 2017.
158 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.620. 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 (2017). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2017

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