Data for 2025

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2025

Name: Deliberative Democracy Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.867; North Korea is lowest, at 0.011. The middle country reads 0.339. Against 2024, 164 values changed (68 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2025

HighestDenmark

0.867

LowestNorth Korea

0.011

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

176countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.867
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.863
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.852
4	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.824
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.817
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.804
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.793
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.790
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.787
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.784
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.775
=12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.771
=12	Chile`CHL`South America	0.771
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.762
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.758
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.751
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.742
=18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.729
=18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.729
20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.712
21	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.707
=22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.703
=22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.703
=22	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.703
25	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.694
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.693
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.691
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.685
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.684
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.677
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.665
32	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.663
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.662
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.653
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.651
36	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.647
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.644
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.642
39	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.621
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.620
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.613
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.612
=43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.610
=43	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.610
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.602
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.583
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.560
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.555
49	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.549
50	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.540
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.521
52	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.511
53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.503
54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.499
55	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.486
56	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.485
57	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.482
58	United States`USA`Northern America	0.481
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.474
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.471
61	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.468
62	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.467
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.464
64	Colombia`COL`South America	0.458
65	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.454
66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.448
67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.442
68	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.433
=69	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.416
=69	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.416
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.412
72	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.410
=73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.406
=73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.406
75	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.395
76	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.394
77	Peru`PER`South America	0.377
78	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.376
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.372
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.366
81	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.364
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.363
83	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.362
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.358
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.353
=86	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.350
=86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.350
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.348
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.330
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.329
91	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.326
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.320
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.315
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.304
95	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.301
96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.294
97	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.290
98	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.288
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.278
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.270
101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.268
102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.261
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.259
104	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.253
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.251
106	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.248
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.246
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.245
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.241
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.238
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.236
=112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.228
=112	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.228
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.227
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.220
116	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.214
=117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.208
=117	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.208
=119	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.195
=119	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.195
121	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.193
122	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.189
123	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.185
124	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.183
=125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.182
=125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.182
127	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.181
128	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.178
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.177
130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.176
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.173
132	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.170
133	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.166
134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.163
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.159
136	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.154
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.146
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.142
139	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.131
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.129
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.126
142	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.125
143	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.122
=144	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.120
=144	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.120
=146	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.097
=146	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.097
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.095
149	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.094
150	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.082
151	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.080
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.079
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.073
154	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.072
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.066
=156	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.064
=156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.064
=158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.060
=158	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.060
160	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.059
161	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.057
=162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.048
=162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.048
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.045
165	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.039
166	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.038
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.035
168	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.034
169	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.032
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.028
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.025
=172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.023
=172	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.023
174	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.017
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.012
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.011

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.867
2Norway0.863
3Switzerland0.852
4Luxembourg0.824
5Sweden0.817

Lowest

176North Korea0.011
175Afghanistan0.012
174Nicaragua0.017
172Venezuelashared0.023
172Sudanshared0.023

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.339. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
164values changed, of 176 in both
68 · 96rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius0.411 → 0.663+0.252
Sri Lanka0.451 → 0.621+0.170
South Korea0.592 → 0.751+0.159
Syria0.042 → 0.166+0.124
Jamaica0.613 → 0.694+0.081

Fell most

United States0.745 → 0.481−0.264
Vanuatu0.610 → 0.467−0.143
Côte d’Ivoire0.343 → 0.241−0.102
Bolivia0.323 → 0.238−0.085
Armenia0.453 → 0.376−0.077

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 2025.
158 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.703. 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 (2025). Deliberative Democracy Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/deliberative-democracy/2025

0636 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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