Data for 2018

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2018

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2018
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2018, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2018 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.878; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.381. Against 2017, 164 values changed (73 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2018

HighestDenmark

0.878

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

176countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
163distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.878
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.872
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.870
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.854
5	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.853
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.843
7	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.831
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.827
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.826
10	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.823
11	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.822
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.813
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.808
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.807
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.803
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.793
17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.788
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.783
19	Chile`CHL`South America	0.775
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.765
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.764
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.754
23	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.752
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.746
=25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.745
=25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.745
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.744
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.728
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.715
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.711
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.685
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.682
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.677
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.675
35	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.667
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.656
37	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.654
=38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.637
=38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.637
40	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.632
41	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.630
42	United States`USA`Northern America	0.625
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.616
44	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.614
45	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.613
46	Peru`PER`South America	0.612
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.599
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.598
49	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.584
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.567
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.560
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.554
53	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.552
54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.551
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.539
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.536
57	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.519
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.515
59	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.513
60	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.510
61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.507
62	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.497
63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.496
=64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.488
=64	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.488
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.484
67	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.483
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.479
=69	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.474
=69	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.474
71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.473
72	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.461
73	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.460
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.459
75	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.456
76	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.454
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.448
78	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.437
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.431
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.428
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.414
82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.412
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.410
=84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.405
=84	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.405
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.404
87	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.398
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.386
89	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.375
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.374
=91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.372
=91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.372
93	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.365
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.350
95	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.349
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.341
97	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.339
98	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.336
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.332
100	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.325
101	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.323
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.321
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.318
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.313
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.309
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.306
=107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.298
=107	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.298
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.294
=110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.290
=110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.290
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.283
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.272
114	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.271
115	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.268
116	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.265
117	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.262
118	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.252
=119	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.250
=119	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.250
121	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.249
122	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.247
=123	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.240
=123	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.240
125	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.236
=126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.234
=126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.234
128	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.231
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.230
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.228
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.227
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.218
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.215
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.211
135	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.187
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.184
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.167
138	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.165
139	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.163
140	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.160
141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.158
142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.154
143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.142
144	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.134
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.133
146	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.128
147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.124
148	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.111
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.108
=150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.105
=150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.105
152	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.101
153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.097
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.096
155	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.092
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.091
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.076
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.075
159	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.068
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.067
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.066
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.061
163	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.056
=164	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.052
=164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.052
166	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.044
167	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.041
168	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.039
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.037
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.033
171	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.030
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.028
173	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.027
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.023
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.018
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.878
2Switzerland0.872
3Sweden0.870
4Norway0.854
5Portugal0.853

Lowest

176North Korea0.008
175Syria0.018
174Eritrea0.023
173Nicaragua0.027
172Yemen0.028

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

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 176 in both
73 · 91rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Armenia0.261 → 0.456+0.195
Barbados0.595 → 0.682+0.087
Ethiopia0.145 → 0.231+0.086
Lesotho0.374 → 0.460+0.086
Malaysia0.257 → 0.336+0.079

Fell most

Benin0.580 → 0.428−0.152
Nicaragua0.123 → 0.027−0.096
Colombia0.557 → 0.473−0.084
Guatemala0.378 → 0.313−0.065
Hungary0.317 → 0.265−0.052

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 2018.
163 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.745. 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.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2018). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2018

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