Cyprus vs Malta: Deliberative Democracy Index

Cyprus
0.613
in 2025
Malta
0.642
in 2025
Cyprus rank
41st
Malta rank
38th

Deliberative Democracy Index over time

  • Cyprus
  • Malta
00.20.40.60.8190019622025

How they compare

Malta currently reports 0.642 against 0.613 in Cyprus, a difference of 0.029.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malta ahead.

Cyprus ranks 41st and Malta ranks 38th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Deliberative Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,734 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, as well as the extent to which political elites justify their positions, justify them with the common good, acknowledge counterarguments, consult elites in policy changes, and society deliberates policy changes.