Which countries rank highest on deliberative democracy?

Every country ranked by the V-Dem deliberative democracy index index for 2025 (179 countries, 0–100 scale).

Deliberative Democracy Index rankings, 2025 — 179 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	86.7	−0.4	−1.4
2	🇳🇴 Norway	86.3	+0.2	−1.4
3	🇨🇭 Switzerland	85.2	0.0	−2.0
4	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	82.4	0.0	−0.2
5	🇸🇪 Sweden	81.7	+0.8	−6.1
6	🇮🇪 Ireland	80.4	−1.0	+0.1
7	🇫🇷 France	79.3	0.0	−2.7
8	🇩🇪 Germany	79.0	+0.4	−6.0
9	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	78.7	0.0	−6.3
10	🇺🇾 Uruguay	78.4	+6.8	−4.3
11	🇧🇪 Belgium	77.5	−1.8	−3.6
12	🇦🇺 Australia	77.1	−0.3	−2.3
13	🇨🇱 Chile	77.1	−0.2	−4.8
14	🇫🇮 Finland	76.2	+2.6	−4.4
15	🇪🇪 Estonia	75.8	−2.6	−5.2
16	🇰🇷 South Korea	75.1	+15.9	+20.6
17	🇳🇱 Netherlands	74.2	+1.0	−7.3
18	🇯🇵 Japan	72.9	−0.3	+0.3
19	🇦🇹 Austria	72.9	+1.4	−6.3
20	🇧🇧 Barbados	71.2	−0.5	+3.2
21	🇧🇷 Brazil	70.7	−2.8	−8.5
22	🇨🇿 Czechia	70.3	−5.4	−2.7
23	🇮🇸 Iceland	70.3	−5.6	+1.0
24	🇸🇨 Seychelles	70.3	+2.4	+31.6
25	🇯🇲 Jamaica	69.4	+8.1	0.0
26	🇪🇸 Spain	69.3	−0.1	−5.0
27	🇵🇹 Portugal	69.1	−4.4	−11.9
28	🇹🇼 Taiwan	68.5	−0.8	+1.5
29	🇱🇻 Latvia	68.4	−1.4	−3.5
30	🇨🇦 Canada	67.7	+2.2	−1.0
31	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	66.5	−6.1	−6.3
32	🇲🇺 Mauritius	66.3	+25.2	+5.5
33	🇱🇹 Lithuania	66.2	+1.3	−7.5
34	🇵🇱 Poland	65.3	+4.8	−4.0
35	🇿🇦 South Africa	65.1	+0.4	+2.0
36	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	64.7	+1.4	+20.7
37	🇳🇿 New Zealand	64.4	−6.6	−12.1
38	🇲🇹 Malta	64.2	0.0	+1.0
39	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	62.1	+17.0	+21.3
40	🇸🇷 Suriname	62.0	+1.5	+1.4
41	🇨🇾 Cyprus	61.3	−3.1	−12.2
42	🇸🇮 Slovenia	61.2	−0.6	−17.3
43	🇮🇹 Italy	61.0	−6.3	−19.4
44	🇬🇷 Greece	61.0	−0.5	−15.4
45	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	60.2	−7.2	−4.8
46	🇬🇭 Ghana	58.3	+3.9	−2.3
47	🇵🇦 Panama	56.0	−0.2	−7.2
48	🇸🇳 Senegal	55.5	+2.6	−6.0
49	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	54.9	−0.6	−9.4
50	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	54.0	−0.9	+9.4
51	🇲🇪 Montenegro	52.1	+1.7	+12.8
52	🇮🇱 Israel	51.1	−3.1	−8.0
53	🇧🇹 Bhutan	50.3	−0.6	+2.9
54	🇭🇷 Croatia	49.9	−0.4	−14.5
55	🇬🇲 The Gambia	48.6	+0.9	+39.9
56	🇱🇷 Liberia	48.5	−0.9	−3.7
57	🇱🇸 Lesotho	48.2	−0.9	+4.1
58	🇺🇸 United States of America	48.1	−26.4	−37.3
59	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	47.4	−5.2	−6.9
60	🇬🇹 Guatemala	47.1	+4.8	+9.6
61	🇲🇼 Malawi	46.8	+2.3	+3.5
62	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	46.7	−14.3	−12.0
63	🇳🇦 Namibia	46.4	+0.6	−8.8
64	🇨🇴 Colombia	45.8	−2.9	−10.8
65	🇰🇪 Kenya	45.4	−0.3	+1.5
66	🇲🇳 Mongolia	44.8	+5.3	−11.2
67	🇲🇩 Moldova	44.2	−6.5	+4.5
68	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	43.3	0.0	+5.5
69	🇲🇻 Maldives	41.6	−0.8	+18.6
70	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	41.6	0.0	−5.6
71	🇿🇲 Zambia	41.2	−1.7	+13.9
72	🇦🇷 Argentina	41.0	−3.3	−14.9
73	🇳🇵 Nepal	40.6	−2.2	−3.4
74	🇫🇯 Fiji	40.6	−1.6	+12.8
75	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	39.5	+0.5	+2.7
76	🇽🇰 Kosovo	39.4	+0.1	−1.7
77	🇵🇪 Peru	37.7	+1.7	−25.4
78	🇦🇲 Armenia	37.6	−7.7	+15.2
79	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	37.2	+0.4	+11.9
80	🇪🇨 Ecuador	36.6	+1.8	+2.5
81	🇲🇾 Malaysia	36.4	−0.4	+12.0
82	🇮🇩 Indonesia	36.3	−5.9	−20.2
83	🇸🇰 Slovakia	36.2	−0.8	−28.3
84	🇭🇳 Honduras	35.8	−3.9	+7.0
85	🇸🇬 Singapore	35.3	+0.9	0.0
86	🇱🇧 Lebanon	35.0	+8.0	−2.8
87	🇧🇼 Botswana	35.0	+3.9	−17.9
88	🇳🇬 Nigeria	34.8	−0.6	−7.3
89	🇹🇳 Tunisia	33.0	−1.5	−32.7
90	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	32.9	−1.5	−1.6
91	🇺🇦 Ukraine	32.6	+0.1	−4.1
92	🇬🇪 Georgia	32.0	−6.4	−19.7
93	🇵🇾 Paraguay	31.5	0.0	−0.9
94	🇧🇯 Benin	30.4	+0.3	−25.8
95	Somaliland	30.1	+1.9	+3.4
96	🇷🇴 Romania	29.4	+1.4	−22.0
97	🇹🇿 Tanzania	29.0	−1.3	−8.4
98	🇹🇬 Togo	28.8	−0.5	−8.9
99	🇲🇦 Morocco	27.8	−0.1	+2.4
100	🇮🇶 Iraq	27.0	+1.2	+1.0
101	🇯🇴 Jordan	26.8	+1.0	+5.0
102	🇱🇾 Libya	26.1	+2.7	+2.9
103	🇮🇳 India	25.9	−2.0	−15.2
104	🇳🇪 Niger	25.3	+0.6	−30.1
105	🇵🇭 Philippines	25.1	−0.8	−21.5
106	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	24.8	+0.2	−0.9
107	🇲🇽 Mexico	24.6	−2.0	−26.0
108	🇬🇾 Guyana	24.5	+1.0	−13.1
109	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	24.1	−10.2	−15.7
110	🇧🇴 Bolivia	23.8	−8.5	−21.2
111	🇦🇱 Albania	23.6	−2.0	−5.4
112	🇺🇬 Uganda	22.8	−0.9	−4.1
113	🇲🇷 Mauritania	22.8	−0.3	−3.0
114	🇬🇦 Gabon	22.7	+3.3	−10.0
115	Zanzibar	22.3	−5.2	−3.3
116	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	22.0	+1.2	−0.6
117	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.4	−0.9	+7.2
118	🇲🇱 Mali	20.8	−1.0	−23.8
119	🇷🇸 Serbia	20.8	−0.2	−8.6
120	🇭🇹 Haiti	19.5	+0.1	−7.4
121	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	19.5	+0.9	+4.7
122	🇹🇭 Thailand	19.3	−3.0	+17.0
123	🇸🇴 Somalia	18.9	−0.9	+3.9
124	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	18.5	−0.3	+7.5
125	🇩🇿 Algeria	18.3	+1.4	−5.6
126	🇵🇰 Pakistan	18.2	−2.7	−10.4
127	🇷🇼 Rwanda	18.2	−0.4	−2.1
128	🇻🇳 Vietnam	18.1	−1.3	+0.3
129	🇭🇺 Hungary	17.8	−0.8	−18.8
130	🇲🇬 Madagascar	17.7	−1.0	−9.2
131	🇰🇼 Kuwait	17.6	−2.1	−12.9
132	🇦🇴 Angola	17.3	+1.2	+5.6
133	🇲🇿 Mozambique	17.0	−0.8	−12.8
134	🇸🇾 Syria	16.6	+12.4	+14.9
135	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	16.3	+0.6	+0.4
136	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	15.9	+1.5	+2.7
137	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	15.4	+0.5	+11.5
138	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	14.6	−2.5	−23.5
139	🇩🇯 Djibouti	14.2	−0.2	+0.4
140	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	13.1	−0.6	−4.9
141	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	12.9	−0.7	−15.6
142	🇰🇲 Comoros	12.6	−0.1	−15.8
143	🇸🇻 El Salvador	12.5	−1.3	−33.5
144	🇹🇩 Chad	12.2	+1.0	+0.1
145	🇪🇬 Egypt	12.0	+1.5	+1.7
146	🇶🇦 Qatar	12.0	−0.9	+3.0
147	🇨🇲 Cameroon	9.7	−1.4	−5.4
148	🇨🇺 Cuba	9.7	−0.1	+0.8
149	🇬🇳 Guinea	9.5	+1.9	−6.0
150	🇮🇷 Iran	9.4	−1.4	−8.3
151	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	8.2	0.0	−0.4
152	🇹🇷 Türkiye	8.0	−0.6	−7.7
153	🇰🇭 Cambodia	7.9	0.0	−6.5
154	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	7.3	0.0	−8.5
155	🇴🇲 Oman	7.3	+0.5	+0.3
156	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	7.2	+1.1	+2.5
157	🇧🇮 Burundi	6.6	+1.0	−2.6
158	🇨🇳 China	6.4	−0.1	−8.5
159	🇸🇿 Eswatini	6.4	0.0	−2.5
160	🇱🇦 Laos	6.0	+0.4	+1.4
161	🇧🇭 Bahrain	6.0	0.0	+0.9
162	🇷🇺 Russia	5.9	+0.9	−9.5
163	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	5.7	+0.2	−22.3
164	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	4.8	−2.5	−31.1
165	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	4.8	+0.1	−0.1
166	Palestine/Gaza	4.5	+1.0	−2.2
167	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	4.5	−0.1	−1.5
168	🇾🇪 Yemen	3.9	−0.6	−1.5
169	🇸🇸 South Sudan	3.8	−0.1	−0.9
170	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	3.5	−0.1	−24.8
171	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	3.4	−0.4	−2.8
172	🇧🇾 Belarus	3.2	+0.3	−6.1
173	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2.8	+0.4	−0.3
174	🇪🇷 Eritrea	2.5	+0.3	+0.3
175	🇸🇩 Sudan	2.3	−1.0	−3.7
176	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2.3	−0.2	−4.6
177	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1.7	−0.1	−12.1
178	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1.2	−1.2	−27.4
179	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.1	+0.2	+0.2

Frequently asked questions

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem deliberative democracy index index in 2025, with the highest score of 86.7 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for deliberative democracy index in 2025?

In 2025, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (86.7), Norway (86.3), and Switzerland (85.2).

Which country ranks last on deliberative democracy index in 2025?

North Korea ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 1.1.

Which country changed most on deliberative democracy index over the last decade?

The Gambia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 39.9 points over the past decade, standing at 48.6 (rank #55) in 2025.

How is the deliberative democracy index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project; scores are shown here on a 0–100 scale (higher-precision source data runs 0–1). Higher scores are better. The 2025 edition covers 179 countries.