Data for 2023

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2023

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2023
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2023 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.873; North Korea is lowest, at 0.013. The middle country reads 0.353. Against 2022, 164 values changed (71 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2023

HighestDenmark

0.873

LowestNorth Korea

0.013

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

176countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
160distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.873
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.862
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.850
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.829
=5	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.814
=5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.814
=5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.814
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.809
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.807
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.792
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.787
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.774
13	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.772
14	Chile`CHL`South America	0.771
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.766
16	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.763
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.757
18	United States`USA`Northern America	0.752
19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.748
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.747
21	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.744
=22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.730
=22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.730
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.726
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.725
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.721
=27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.710
=27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.710
29	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.709
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.702
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.679
32	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.667
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.659
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.654
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.652
36	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.651
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.649
38	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.639
=39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.638
=39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.638
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.632
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.626
43	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.618
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.612
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.609
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.603
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.572
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.556
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.555
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.552
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.547
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.536
53	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.534
54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.527
=55	Colombia`COL`South America	0.515
=55	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.515
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.513
58	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.512
59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.488
60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.485
61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.483
62	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.481
63	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.479
64	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.472
65	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.466
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.463
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.455
68	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.454
69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.446
=70	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.442
=70	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.442
=70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.442
73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.426
74	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.421
75	Peru`PER`South America	0.414
=76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.411
=76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.411
=78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.395
=78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.395
80	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.386
=81	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.385
=81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.385
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.381
84	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.378
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.372
86	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.365
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.355
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.353
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.352
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.347
91	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.333
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.332
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.331
94	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.326
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.324
96	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.320
97	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.312
98	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.307
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.290
100	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.285
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.270
102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.269
=103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.262
=103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.262
105	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.261
106	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.260
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.258
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.255
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.252
110	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.248
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.246
112	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.242
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.236
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.234
=115	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.233
=115	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.233
117	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.232
118	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.225
=119	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.224
=119	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.224
121	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.222
122	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.221
123	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.219
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.218
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.217
126	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.206
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.205
128	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.192
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.189
130	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.183
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.179
132	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.176
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.167
134	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.162
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.160
136	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.157
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.155
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.147
139	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.145
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.144
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.136
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.125
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.111
144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.104
145	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.103
=146	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.101
=146	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.101
148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.099
149	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.086
150	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.085
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.082
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.080
153	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.079
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.078
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.073
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.063
=157	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.062
=157	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.062
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.060
160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.057
161	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.055
162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.053
163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.050
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.047
165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.045
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.043
167	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.042
168	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.041
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.037
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.034
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.032
172	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.025
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.024
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.023
175	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.019
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.013

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.873
2Norway0.862
3Switzerland0.850
4Luxembourg0.829
5Germanyshared0.814

Lowest

176North Korea0.013
175Nicaragua0.019
174Turkmenistan0.023
173Afghanistan0.024
172Belarus0.025

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.353. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 176 in both
71 · 93rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Brazil0.522 → 0.726+0.204
Fiji0.291 → 0.411+0.120
Poland0.362 → 0.442+0.080
Thailand0.088 → 0.162+0.074
Tunisia0.285 → 0.355+0.070

Fell most

Niger0.454 → 0.352−0.102
South Korea0.688 → 0.609−0.079
Israel0.626 → 0.552−0.074
Pakistan0.279 → 0.206−0.073
Slovakia0.600 → 0.527−0.073

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 2023.
160 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.814. 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 (2023). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2023

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07Questions