Which countries rank highest on deliberative democracy?

Every country ranked by the V-Dem deliberative democracy index index for 2024 (179 countries, 0–1 scale).

Rank	Country	Score	1y change	10y change
1	Denmark	0.874	+0.001	−0.009
2	Switzerland	0.862	+0.009	−0.014
3	Norway	0.855	±0.000	−0.005
4	Luxembourg	0.825	−0.008	−0.002
5	Ireland	0.807	+0.002	+0.024
6	Germany	0.801	−0.017	−0.054
7	France	0.799	−0.013	−0.023
8	Sweden	0.793	±0.000	−0.061
9	Costa Rica	0.787	±0.000	−0.070
10	Belgium	0.787	−0.030	−0.022
11	Australia	0.784	+0.008	+0.005
12	Estonia	0.784	+0.018	−0.026
13	Chile	0.777	+0.004	−0.045
14	Finland	0.771	−0.029	−0.049
15	Czechia	0.761	−0.004	+0.019
16	Iceland	0.754	−0.002	+0.057
17	United States of America	0.739	+0.019	−0.119
18	Brazil	0.738	+0.017	−0.076
19	Portugal	0.736	−0.015	−0.078
20	Japan	0.735	−0.001	+0.002
21	Netherlands	0.730	−0.055	−0.086
22	United Kingdom	0.723	−0.002	−0.016
23	Uruguay	0.721	+0.010	−0.133
24	Austria	0.719	−0.005	−0.079
25	New Zealand	0.711	−0.030	−0.053
26	Barbados	0.710	+0.018	+0.026
27	Spain	0.703	−0.011	−0.062
28	Latvia	0.698	−0.009	−0.024
29	Italy	0.693	−0.040	−0.109
30	Trinidad and Tobago	0.682	±0.000	+0.068
31	Seychelles	0.680	+0.008	+0.313
32	Taiwan	0.678	−0.062	+0.010
33	Canada	0.655	−0.004	−0.041
34	Lithuania	0.655	±0.000	−0.080
35	South Africa	0.652	+0.042	+0.018
36	Cyprus	0.645	−0.010	−0.084
37	Malta	0.637	+0.003	+0.013
38	Greece	0.622	−0.016	−0.191
39	Slovenia	0.614	−0.036	−0.150
40	Poland	0.613	+0.172	−0.131
41	Vanuatu	0.613	−0.026	+0.032
42	Jamaica	0.609	−0.049	−0.082
43	Suriname	0.599	±0.000	−0.011
44	South Korea	0.593	−0.023	+0.032
45	Dominican Republic	0.577	−0.020	+0.157
46	Israel	0.562	+0.007	−0.040
47	Cape Verde	0.560	+0.010	−0.095
48	Panama	0.551	+0.001	−0.066
49	Ghana	0.546	−0.013	−0.081
50	Timor-Leste	0.542	+0.015	+0.117
51	Senegal	0.537	+0.001	−0.081
52	Bulgaria	0.536	−0.052	−0.021
53	Croatia	0.517	−0.016	−0.140
54	Moldova	0.509	−0.123	+0.020
55	Bhutan	0.502	+0.011	+0.024
56	Lesotho	0.499	−0.031	+0.043
57	Liberia	0.497	−0.019	−0.025
58	The Gambia	0.488	+0.002	+0.404
59	Colombia	0.484	−0.028	−0.081
60	Sao Tome and Principe	0.475	±0.000	−0.043
61	Montenegro	0.461	+0.009	+0.082
62	Namibia	0.454	−0.010	−0.042
63	Zambia	0.450	−0.015	+0.163
64	Kenya	0.448	−0.025	+0.017
65	Armenia	0.448	−0.012	+0.232
66	Nepal	0.444	+0.012	+0.016
67	Malawi	0.443	−0.004	+0.011
68	Sri Lanka	0.442	+0.069	+0.223
69	Argentina	0.431	−0.197	−0.141
70	Fiji	0.422	+0.007	+0.225
71	Maldives	0.417	−0.054	+0.161
72	Sierra Leone	0.416	−0.040	+0.049
73	Indonesia	0.409	−0.041	−0.160
74	Mauritius	0.409	+0.017	−0.179
75	Kosovo	0.401	−0.040	+0.015
76	Honduras	0.394	+0.009	+0.113
77	Mongolia	0.388	−0.013	−0.171
78	Guatemala	0.387	+0.107	+0.015
79	Georgia	0.380	−0.097	−0.129
80	Solomon Islands	0.379	+0.022	+0.017
81	Malaysia	0.371	+0.006	+0.119
82	Slovakia	0.369	−0.157	−0.281
83	North Macedonia	0.364	−0.021	+0.105
84	Nigeria	0.359	+0.019	−0.068
85	Tunisia	0.355	−0.019	−0.320
86	Ecuador	0.350	−0.035	+0.007
87	Ivory Coast	0.347	−0.038	−0.051
88	Ukraine	0.343	+0.010	+0.045
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.343	−0.001	−0.054
90	Singapore	0.338	+0.014	−0.019
91	Bolivia	0.323	−0.028	−0.168
92	Peru	0.320	−0.094	−0.334
93	Tanzania	0.320	−0.015	−0.071
94	Botswana	0.313	−0.052	−0.240
95	Paraguay	0.313	−0.020	−0.013
96	Benin	0.309	+0.011	−0.211
97	Jordan	0.304	+0.050	+0.085
98	Togo	0.299	−0.029	−0.078
99	India	0.287	+0.021	−0.226
100	Somaliland	0.285	+0.023	+0.019
101	Morocco	0.282	+0.029	+0.022
102	Zanzibar	0.280	−0.001	+0.014
103	Papua New Guinea	0.277	−0.002	+0.015
104	Romania	0.273	−0.037	−0.191
105	Philippines	0.268	−0.002	−0.223
106	Mexico	0.260	−0.073	−0.237
107	Albania	0.259	−0.011	−0.030
108	Iraq	0.254	−0.003	+0.001
109	Niger	0.248	−0.103	−0.313
110	Mauritania	0.240	−0.008	−0.012
111	Lebanon	0.239	−0.039	−0.132
112	Uganda	0.239	−0.014	−0.042
113	Libya	0.237	+0.011	+0.004
114	Guyana	0.237	−0.003	−0.120
115	Mali	0.231	−0.012	−0.217
116	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.227	−0.008	+0.052
117	Somalia	0.215	−0.002	+0.054
118	Pakistan	0.214	−0.002	−0.095
119	Zimbabwe	0.211	−0.026	−0.015
120	Madagascar	0.210	−0.046	−0.020
121	Serbia	0.204	−0.015	−0.103
122	Vietnam	0.203	+0.018	+0.020
123	Gabon	0.198	−0.021	−0.125
124	Haiti	0.196	+0.002	−0.070
125	Rwanda	0.192	−0.004	−0.007
126	Thailand	0.191	+0.049	+0.166
127	Mozambique	0.190	−0.050	−0.115
128	Kazakhstan	0.188	+0.013	+0.093
129	Hungary	0.185	−0.021	−0.191
130	Ethiopia	0.177	−0.049	+0.029
131	Kuwait	0.174	−0.084	−0.138
132	Algeria	0.171	−0.001	−0.062
133	Comoros	0.170	−0.003	−0.191
134	Kyrgyzstan	0.168	−0.003	−0.188
135	Republic of the Congo	0.166	+0.006	−0.001
136	Angola	0.162	+0.003	+0.047
137	Uzbekistan	0.147	−0.008	+0.108
138	Guinea-Bissau	0.146	−0.082	−0.079
139	Djibouti	0.142	−0.001	±0.000
140	Central African Republic	0.141	−0.010	+0.012
141	El Salvador	0.135	−0.008	−0.329
142	Chad	0.115	+0.015	−0.004
143	Cameroon	0.113	±0.000	−0.040
144	Qatar	0.106	±0.000	+0.013
145	Iran	0.105	+0.018	−0.074
146	Bangladesh	0.104	−0.017	−0.030
147	Egypt	0.102	−0.001	−0.030
148	Türkiye	0.096	±0.000	−0.104
149	Cuba	0.096	−0.005	+0.008
150	United Arab Emirates	0.084	±0.000	±0.000
151	Guinea	0.076	−0.001	−0.071
152	Burkina Faso	0.074	−0.151	−0.401
153	Palestine/West Bank	0.073	−0.016	−0.121
154	Cambodia	0.070	−0.001	−0.084
155	Oman	0.069	−0.005	−0.004
156	Eswatini	0.065	+0.002	−0.020
157	Saudi Arabia	0.065	±0.000	+0.011
158	China	0.064	−0.034	−0.087
159	Hong Kong	0.057	+0.001	−0.233
160	Laos	0.055	−0.005	+0.010
161	Burma/Myanmar	0.054	−0.006	−0.227
162	Tajikistan	0.054	±0.000	−0.012
163	Sudan	0.053	−0.003	−0.003
164	Burundi	0.052	−0.005	−0.090
165	Bahrain	0.052	±0.000	+0.005
166	Russia	0.046	−0.031	−0.084
167	Yemen	0.046	−0.007	−0.111
168	South Sudan	0.043	+0.001	−0.005
169	Equatorial Guinea	0.043	−0.002	−0.019
170	Azerbaijan	0.041	−0.011	−0.020
171	Palestine/Gaza	0.036	−0.009	−0.021
172	Syria	0.035	±0.000	+0.017
173	Belarus	0.031	+0.006	−0.058
174	Venezuela	0.026	−0.015	−0.051
175	Afghanistan	0.024	+0.001	−0.263
176	Turkmenistan	0.023	±0.000	−0.007
177	Eritrea	0.022	−0.008	+0.001
178	Nicaragua	0.018	−0.002	−0.124
179	North Korea	0.009	−0.005	±0.000

Frequently asked questions

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem deliberative democracy index index in 2024, with the highest score of 0.874 on a 0–1 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for deliberative democracy index in 2024?

In 2024, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (0.874), Switzerland (0.862), and Norway (0.855).

Which country ranks last on deliberative democracy index in 2024?

North Korea ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.009.

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

The Gambia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 0.404 points over the past decade, standing at 0.488 (rank #58) in 2024.

How is the deliberative democracy index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project and runs from 0 to 1. Higher scores are better. The 2024 edition covers 179 countries.