Data for 2019

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2019

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2019
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2019, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2019 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.876; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.376. Against 2018, 171 values changed (77 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2019

HighestDenmark

0.876

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

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

176countries
1measure
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.876
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.872
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.860
=4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.841
=4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.841
6	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.838
=7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.833
=7	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.833
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.824
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.821
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.810
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.807
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.799
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.794
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.789
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.784
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.782
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.773
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.763
20	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.759
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.757
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.754
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.748
24	Chile`CHL`South America	0.744
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.734
26	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.730
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.722
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.719
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.711
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.701
31	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.696
=32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.689
=32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.689
34	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.683
35	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.682
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.663
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.662
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.654
39	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.635
40	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.631
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.629
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.628
43	United States`USA`Northern America	0.623
=44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.599
=44	Peru`PER`South America	0.599
46	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.598
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.597
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.590
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.579
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.575
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.573
52	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.560
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.550
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.547
55	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.540
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.539
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.536
58	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.523
59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.519
60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.505
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.499
62	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.491
63	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.490
64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.489
=65	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.487
=65	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.487
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.483
68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.472
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.471
70	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.463
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.457
72	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.456
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.453
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.448
75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.445
76	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.444
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.435
78	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.434
79	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.432
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.425
81	Colombia`COL`South America	0.424
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.417
83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.408
84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.398
85	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.387
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.384
=87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.378
=87	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.378
89	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.374
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.365
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.362
92	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.361
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.360
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.356
95	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.344
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.341
97	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.336
98	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.335
99	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.334
100	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.322
101	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.312
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.309
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.306
=104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.297
=104	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.297
106	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.296
107	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.292
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.291
109	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.285
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.284
=111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.278
=111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.278
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.277
114	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.271
115	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.267
116	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.266
=117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.259
=117	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.259
=119	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.256
=119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.256
121	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.255
122	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.254
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.252
=124	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.251
=124	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.251
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.248
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.245
128	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.232
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.224
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.221
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.219
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.213
133	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.208
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.205
135	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.199
136	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.197
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.185
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.180
139	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.173
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.170
141	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.167
142	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.152
143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.147
=144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.145
=144	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.145
146	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.139
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.134
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.133
149	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.118
=150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.114
=150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.114
152	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.102
153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.099
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.095
155	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.094
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.090
157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.077
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.075
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.071
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.070
161	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.069
162	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.067
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.057
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.049
165	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.047
166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.044
167	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.043
168	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.041
169	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.040
170	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.039
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.035
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.028
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.027
174	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.026
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.017
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.008

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.876
2Switzerland0.872
3Norway0.860
4Germanyshared0.841
4Swedenshared0.841

Lowest

176North Korea0.008
175Syria0.017
174Nicaragua0.026
173Eritrea0.027
172Yemen0.028

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.376. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 176 in both
77 · 94rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Maldives0.134 → 0.434+0.300
Armenia0.456 → 0.682+0.226
DR Congo0.124 → 0.267+0.143
Ukraine0.374 → 0.456+0.082
Moldova0.323 → 0.398+0.075

Fell most

Benin0.428 → 0.312−0.116
El Salvador0.410 → 0.297−0.113
Bolivia0.412 → 0.309−0.103
Kyrgyzstan0.375 → 0.278−0.097
Hong Kong0.250 → 0.167−0.083

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

Read before you use

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 2019.
163 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.841. 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 (2019). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2019

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