What is the difference in deliberative democracy index between Dominican Republic and New Zealand?

0.003, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and New Zealand?

125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Deliberative Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs New Zealand: Deliberative Democracy Index

Dominican Republic

0.647

in 2025

New Zealand

0.644

in 2025

Dominican Republic rank

36th

New Zealand rank

37th

Deliberative Democracy Index over time

Dominican Republic
New Zealand

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 0.647 against 0.644 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was New Zealand ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 36th and New Zealand ranks 37th of 175 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.0457	0.5731	0.5274	New Zealand
1910s	0.0335	0.5263	0.4928	New Zealand
1920s	0.0317	0.5839	0.5522	New Zealand
1930s	0.0137	0.6153	0.6016	New Zealand
1940s	0.0158	0.6065	0.5907	New Zealand
1950s	0.017	0.6453	0.6283	New Zealand
1960s	0.0534	0.6962	0.6428	New Zealand
1970s	0.0784	0.6974	0.619	New Zealand
1980s	0.259	0.6458	0.3868	New Zealand
1990s	0.3248	0.7007	0.3759	New Zealand
2000s	0.5049	0.7653	0.2604	New Zealand
2010s	0.4452	0.766	0.3208	New Zealand
2020s	0.6175	0.7288	0.1113	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher deliberative democracy index, Dominican Republic or New Zealand?: Dominican Republic, at 0.647 against 0.644 in New Zealand as of 2025.
What is the difference in deliberative democracy index between Dominican Republic and New Zealand?: 0.003, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and New Zealand?: 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Dominican Republic and New Zealand rank globally for deliberative democracy index?: Dominican Republic ranks 36th and New Zealand ranks 37th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Deliberative Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 28 August 2026

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.