Data for 2022

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2022

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2022 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.878; North Korea is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.343. Against 2021, 165 values changed (65 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2022

HighestDenmark

0.878

LowestNorth Korea

0.010

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

176countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.878
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.861
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.860
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.827
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.823
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.816
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.811
8	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.810
=9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.809
=9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.809
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.806
12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.797
13	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.776
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.772
15	Chile`CHL`South America	0.769
16	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.768
17	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.766
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.753
=19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.751
=19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.751
21	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.747
22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.745
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.737
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.736
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.724
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.718
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.713
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.707
=29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.696
=29	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.696
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.688
32	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.686
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.679
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.677
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.669
36	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.666
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.659
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.651
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.641
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.637
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.636
42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.631
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.626
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.622
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.620
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.618
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.600
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.596
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.571
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.568
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.554
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.553
53	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.550
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.522
55	Colombia`COL`South America	0.519
56	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.516
57	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.513
58	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.503
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.501
60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.500
61	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.499
62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.495
63	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.490
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.471
65	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.464
=66	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.463
=66	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.463
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.459
69	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.454
70	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.447
71	Peru`PER`South America	0.440
72	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.437
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.429
74	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.428
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.427
76	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.419
77	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.408
78	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.385
79	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.384
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.383
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.368
82	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.366
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.364
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.363
85	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.362
=86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.356
=86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.356
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.344
89	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.341
=90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.336
=90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.336
92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.333
=93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.332
=93	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.332
95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.324
96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.322
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.319
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.294
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.292
=100	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.291
=100	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.291
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.285
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.282
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.281
=105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.279
=105	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.279
107	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.268
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.267
=109	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.260
=109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.260
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.256
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.252
=113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.251
=113	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.251
=115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.248
=115	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.248
=117	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.239
=117	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.239
119	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.236
120	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.233
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.232
122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.229
123	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.227
124	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.222
125	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.217
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.209
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.208
128	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.204
129	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.190
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.189
131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.177
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.174
133	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.172
134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.167
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.160
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.157
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.150
138	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.149
139	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.144
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.143
141	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.124
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.115
=143	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.104
=143	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.104
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.100
146	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.098
147	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.096
148	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.088
149	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.086
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.082
151	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.080
=152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.079
=152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.079
154	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.077
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.075
156	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.066
157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.065
158	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.061
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.060
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.055
161	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.053
162	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.050
163	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.049
164	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.046
=165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.045
=165	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.045
=167	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.044
=167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.044
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.042
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.032
171	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.031
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.027
173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.024
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.023
175	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.019
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.010

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.878
2Norway0.861
3Switzerland0.860
4Luxembourg0.827
5Sweden0.823

Lowest

176North Korea0.010
175Nicaragua0.019
174Turkmenistan0.023
173Syria0.024
172Afghanistan0.027

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.343. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
165values changed, of 176 in both
65 · 100rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Zambia0.227 → 0.437+0.210
Slovenia0.533 → 0.707+0.174
Czechia0.616 → 0.747+0.131
Colombia0.417 → 0.519+0.102
Honduras0.273 → 0.363+0.090

Fell most

Burkina Faso0.517 → 0.279−0.238
Romania0.536 → 0.341−0.195
Tunisia0.466 → 0.285−0.181
Peru0.572 → 0.440−0.132
Ukraine0.444 → 0.336−0.108

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 2022.
159 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.809. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2022). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2022

0636 held

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07Questions