Data for 2020

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2020

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2020
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2020 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.876; North Korea is lowest, at 0.013. The middle country reads 0.367. Against 2019, 164 values changed (73 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2020

HighestDenmark

0.876

LowestNorth Korea

0.013

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

176countries
1measure
2020the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: 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	0.858
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.851
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.840
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.834
7	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.827
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.823
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.821
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.811
11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.807
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.800
13	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.794
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.793
=15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.777
=15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.777
17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.767
=18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.759
=18	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.759
20	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.758
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.746
=22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.743
=22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.743
24	Chile`CHL`South America	0.736
25	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.734
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.718
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.715
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.712
29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.687
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.685
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.676
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.675
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.669
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.665
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.647
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.639
37	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.638
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.631
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.629
40	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.624
41	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.618
42	Peru`PER`South America	0.616
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.614
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.608
45	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.598
46	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.597
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.591
=48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.587
=48	United States`USA`Northern America	0.587
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.573
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.572
52	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.563
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.560
54	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.555
55	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.542
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.525
57	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.518
58	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.512
59	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.508
60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.503
61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.502
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.498
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.496
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.493
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.484
66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.483
67	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.479
=68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.466
=68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.466
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.458
71	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.456
=72	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.453
=72	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.453
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.447
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.444
76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.442
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.440
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.438
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.437
80	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.421
=81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.412
=81	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.412
83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.394
84	Colombia`COL`South America	0.393
85	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.387
=86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.379
=86	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.379
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.375
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.359
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.351
91	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.350
92	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.348
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.347
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.338
95	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.337
96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.336
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.334
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.326
99	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.324
100	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.314
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.303
102	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.299
=103	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.292
=103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.292
105	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.291
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.290
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.284
108	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.283
=109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.276
=109	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.276
=109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.276
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.273
113	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.271
114	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.264
=115	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.256
=115	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.256
=115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.256
118	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.254
119	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.252
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.250
121	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.248
122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.245
=123	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.241
=123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.241
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.233
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.231
127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.227
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.223
129	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.218
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.212
131	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.197
=132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.194
=132	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.194
=134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.192
=134	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.192
136	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.185
137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.173
=138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.172
=138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.172
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.169
141	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.159
142	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.142
143	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.139
144	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.134
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.132
146	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.122
147	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.120
148	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.116
149	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.106
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.105
=151	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.102
=151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.102
153	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.091
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.090
155	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.088
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.082
157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.081
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.078
=159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.068
=159	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.068
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.065
162	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.062
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.061
164	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.059
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.055
166	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.046
=167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.045
=167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.045
169	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.039
170	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.038
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.035
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.031
173	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.028
174	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.027
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.022
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.013

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.876
2Switzerland0.872
3Norway0.858
4Sweden0.851
5Costa Rica0.840

Lowest

176North Korea0.013
175Syria0.022
174Nicaragua0.027
173Yemen0.028
172Eritrea0.031

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.367. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 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

Dominican Republic0.417 → 0.560+0.143
Malawi0.361 → 0.453+0.092
Romania0.378 → 0.466+0.088
Moldova0.398 → 0.453+0.055
Seychelles0.523 → 0.573+0.050

Fell most

Bolivia0.309 → 0.185−0.124
Mauritius0.575 → 0.458−0.117
Slovenia0.701 → 0.591−0.110
Greece0.782 → 0.685−0.097
Guyana0.453 → 0.359−0.094

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 2020.
156 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.276. 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 (2020). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2020

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