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Deliberative democracy index
V-Dem
0-1 index
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176 countries · 1900–2025
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Country
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Value
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1
Denmark
0.87
2
Norway
0.86
3
Switzerland
0.85
4
Luxembourg
0.82
5
Sweden
0.82
6
Ireland
0.8
7
France
0.79
8
Germany
0.79
9
Costa Rica
0.79
10
Uruguay
0.78
11
Belgium
0.78
12
Australia
0.77
13
Chile
0.77
14
Finland
0.76
15
Estonia
0.76
16
Korea, Rep.
0.75
17
Netherlands
0.74
18
Japan
0.73
19
Austria
0.73
20
Barbados
0.71
21
Brazil
0.71
22
Seychelles
0.7
23
Iceland
0.7
24
Czechia
0.7
25
Jamaica
0.69
26
Spain
0.69
27
Portugal
0.69
28
Taiwan
0.69
29
Latvia
0.68
30
Canada
0.68
31
United Kingdom
0.67
32
Mauritius
0.66
33
Lithuania
0.66
34
Poland
0.65
35
South Africa
0.65
36
Dominican Republic
0.65
37
New Zealand
0.64
38
Malta
0.64
39
Sri Lanka
0.62
40
Suriname
0.62
41
Cyprus
0.61
42
Slovenia
0.61
43
Greece
0.61
44
Italy
0.61
45
Trinidad and Tobago
0.6
46
Ghana
0.58
47
Panama
0.56
48
Senegal
0.56
49
Cabo Verde
0.55
50
Timor-Leste
0.54
51
Montenegro
0.52
52
Israel
0.51
53
Bhutan
0.5
54
Croatia
0.5
55
Gambia, The
0.49
56
Liberia
0.49
57
Lesotho
0.48
58
United States
0.48
59
Bulgaria
0.47
60
Guatemala
0.47
61
Malawi
0.47
62
Vanuatu
0.47
63
Namibia
0.46
64
Colombia
0.46
65
Kenya
0.45
66
Mongolia
0.45
67
Moldova
0.44
68
Sierra Leone
0.43
69
Sao Tome and Principe
0.42
70
Maldives
0.42
71
Zambia
0.41
72
Argentina
0.41
73
Nepal
0.41
74
Fiji
0.41
75
Solomon Islands
0.4
76
Kosovo
0.39
77
Peru
0.38
78
Armenia
0.38
79
North Macedonia
0.37
80
Ecuador
0.37
81
Malaysia
0.36
82
Indonesia
0.36
83
Slovak Republic
0.36
84
Honduras
0.36
85
Singapore
0.35
86
Botswana
0.35
87
Lebanon
0.35
88
Nigeria
0.35
89
Tunisia
0.33
90
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.33
91
Ukraine
0.33
92
Georgia
0.32
93
Paraguay
0.32
94
Benin
0.3
95
Romania
0.29
96
Tanzania
0.29
97
Togo
0.29
98
Morocco
0.28
99
Iraq
0.27
100
Jordan
0.27
101
Libya
0.26
102
India
0.26
103
Niger
0.25
104
Philippines
0.25
105
Papua New Guinea
0.25
106
Mexico
0.25
107
Guyana
0.25
108
Cote d'Ivoire
0.24
109
Bolivia
0.24
110
Albania
0.24
111
Uganda
0.23
112
Mauritania
0.23
113
Gabon
0.23
114
Zimbabwe
0.22
115
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.21
116
Serbia
0.21
117
Mali
0.21
118
Ethiopia
0.2
119
Haiti
0.2
120
Thailand
0.19
121
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.19
122
Kazakhstan
0.19
123
Algeria
0.18
124
Rwanda
0.18
125
Pakistan
0.18
126
Viet Nam
0.18
127
Hungary
0.18
128
Madagascar
0.18
129
Kuwait
0.18
130
Angola
0.17
131
Mozambique
0.17
132
Syrian Arab Republic
0.17
133
Congo, Rep.
0.16
134
Bangladesh
0.16
135
Uzbekistan
0.15
136
Kyrgyz Republic
0.15
137
Djibouti
0.14
138
Central African Republic
0.13
139
Guinea-Bissau
0.13
140
Comoros
0.13
141
El Salvador
0.13
142
Chad
0.12
143
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.12
144
Qatar
0.12
145
Cameroon
0.1
146
Cuba
0.1
147
Guinea
0.1
148
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.09
149
United Arab Emirates
0.08
150
Turkiye
0.08
151
Cambodia
0.08
152
Oman
0.07
153
West Bank and Gaza
0.07
154
Saudi Arabia
0.07
155
Burundi
0.07
156
Eswatini
0.06
157
China
0.06
158
Lao PDR
0.06
159
Bahrain
0.06
160
Russian Federation
0.06
161
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.06
162
Tajikistan
0.05
163
Burkina Faso
0.05
164
Equatorial Guinea
0.05
165
Yemen, Rep.
0.04
166
South Sudan
0.04
167
Myanmar
0.04
168
Azerbaijan
0.03
169
Belarus
0.03
170
Turkmenistan
0.03
171
Eritrea
0.03
172
Sudan
0.02
173
Venezuela, RB
0.02
174
Nicaragua
0.02
175
Afghanistan
0.01
176
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.01
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