Deliberative Democracy Index by country
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...
Countries reporting
172
Highest
0.867
Denmark
Lowest
0.011
North Korea
Median
0.3275
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
20,734
What the numbers show
Deliberative Democracy Index is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0.867 in Denmark; the lowest is 0.011 in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3275, and the mean is 0.361.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 876.5%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 95.8%).
Deliberative Democracy Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 0.867 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 0.863 | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0.852 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 5 | Sweden | 0.817 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 7 | France | 0.793 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 0.79 | 2025 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 0.787 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 0.784 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 0.775 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 0.771 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 12 | Chile | 0.771 | 2025 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Finland | 0.762 | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 15 | Estonia | 0.758 | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 16 | South Korea | 0.751 | 2025 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0.742 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 0.729 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 0.729 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Barbados | 0.712 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | 0.707 | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Czechia | 0.703 | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Iceland | 0.703 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Seychelles | 0.703 | 2025 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Jamaica | 0.694 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 26 | Spain | 0.693 | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Portugal | 0.691 | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Taiwan | 0.685 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Latvia | 0.684 | 2025 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Canada | 0.677 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 0.665 | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 32 | Mauritius | 0.663 | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Lithuania | 0.662 | 2025 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Poland | 0.653 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 35 | South Africa | 0.651 | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Dominican Republic | 0.647 | 2025 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 37 | New Zealand | 0.644 | 2025 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 0.621 | 2025 | up 52.2% | rising |
| 40 | Suriname | 0.62 | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Cyprus | 0.613 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Slovenia | 0.612 | 2025 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Greece | 0.61 | 2025 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 0.61 | 2025 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.602 | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Ghana | 0.583 | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Panama | 0.56 | 2025 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Senegal | 0.555 | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Cape Verde | 0.549 | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 50 | East Timor | 0.54 | 2025 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Montenegro | 0.521 | 2025 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Israel | 0.511 | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Bhutan | 0.503 | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Croatia | 0.499 | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Gambia | 0.486 | 2025 | up 458.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Liberia | 0.485 | 2025 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Lesotho | 0.482 | 2025 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 58 | United States | 0.481 | 2025 | down 43.7% | rising |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 0.474 | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Guatemala | 0.471 | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Malawi | 0.468 | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Vanuatu | 0.467 | 2025 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Namibia | 0.464 | 2025 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Colombia | 0.458 | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Kenya | 0.454 | 2025 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Mongolia | 0.448 | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Moldova | 0.442 | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 0.433 | 2025 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Maldives | 0.416 | 2025 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 69 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.416 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Zambia | 0.412 | 2025 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Argentina | 0.41 | 2025 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Fiji | 0.406 | 2025 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Nepal | 0.406 | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 0.395 | 2025 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Peru | 0.377 | 2025 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Armenia | 0.376 | 2025 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 0.372 | 2025 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Ecuador | 0.366 | 2025 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Malaysia | 0.364 | 2025 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Indonesia | 0.363 | 2025 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovakia | 0.362 | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 0.358 | 2025 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Singapore | 0.353 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 85 | Botswana | 0.35 | 2025 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Lebanon | 0.35 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 87 | Nigeria | 0.348 | 2025 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Tunisia | 0.33 | 2025 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.329 | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Ukraine | 0.326 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Georgia | 0.32 | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Paraguay | 0.315 | 2025 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Benin | 0.304 | 2025 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Romania | 0.294 | 2025 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Tanzania | 0.29 | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Togo | 0.288 | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Morocco | 0.278 | 2025 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Iraq | 0.27 | 2025 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Jordan | 0.268 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 100 | Libya | 0.261 | 2025 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 101 | India | 0.259 | 2025 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Niger | 0.253 | 2025 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Philippines | 0.251 | 2025 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Papua New Guinea | 0.248 | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Mexico | 0.246 | 2025 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Guyana | 0.245 | 2025 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 107 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.241 | 2025 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Bolivia | 0.238 | 2025 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Albania | 0.236 | 2025 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Mauritania | 0.228 | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Uganda | 0.228 | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Gabon | 0.227 | 2025 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 0.22 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.214 | 2025 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Mali | 0.208 | 2025 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Serbia | 0.208 | 2025 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 0.195 | 2025 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Haiti | 0.195 | 2025 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Thailand | 0.193 | 2025 | up 739.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Somalia | 0.189 | 2025 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 0.185 | 2025 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Algeria | 0.183 | 2025 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Pakistan | 0.182 | 2025 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Rwanda | 0.182 | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Vietnam | 0.181 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 126 | Hungary | 0.178 | 2025 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Madagascar | 0.177 | 2025 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Kuwait | 0.176 | 2025 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 129 | Angola | 0.173 | 2025 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Mozambique | 0.17 | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Syria | 0.166 | 2025 | up 876.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Congo | 0.163 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 0.159 | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 0.154 | 2025 | up 294.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.146 | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Djibouti | 0.142 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 0.131 | 2025 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.129 | 2025 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Comoros | 0.126 | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 140 | El Salvador | 0.125 | 2025 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Chad | 0.122 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Egypt | 0.12 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 142 | Qatar | 0.12 | 2025 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Cameroon | 0.097 | 2025 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Cuba | 0.097 | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Guinea | 0.095 | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Iran | 0.094 | 2025 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 148 | United Arab Emirates | 0.082 | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 149 | Turkey | 0.08 | 2025 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Cambodia | 0.079 | 2025 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Oman | 0.073 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Saudi Arabia | 0.072 | 2025 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 153 | Burundi | 0.066 | 2025 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 154 | China | 0.064 | 2025 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Eswatini | 0.064 | 2025 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahrain | 0.06 | 2025 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Laos | 0.06 | 2025 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Russia | 0.059 | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Hong Kong | 0.057 | 2025 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Palestine | 0.049 | 1948 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 0.048 | 2025 | down 86.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 0.048 | 2025 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.045 | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.039 | 2025 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 165 | South Sudan | 0.038 | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Myanmar | 0.035 | 2025 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Azerbaijan | 0.034 | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Belarus | 0.032 | 2025 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 0.028 | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Eritrea | 0.025 | 2025 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Sudan | 0.023 | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Venezuela | 0.023 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Nicaragua | 0.017 | 2025 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Afghanistan | 0.012 | 2025 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 175 | North Korea | 0.011 | 2025 | up 22.2% | volatile |
About this data
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.