Data for 2002

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002

2002, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002 covers 175 countries. Sweden is highest, at 0.879; North Korea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.347. Against 2001, 123 values changed (78 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deliberative Democracy Index · Data for 2002

HighestSweden

0.879

LowestNorth Korea

0.008

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

175countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
156distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Deliberative Democracy Index, 2002: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.879
2	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.870
3	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.867
4	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.862
5	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.853
6	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.839
7	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.823
8	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.811
9	UruguayURYSouth America	0.806
10	ChileCHLSouth America	0.803
11	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.802
12	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.798
13	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.795
14	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.792
=15	BrazilBRASouth America	0.783
=15	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.783
=15	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.783
18	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.780
19	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.779
20	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.776
21	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.773
=22	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.766
=22	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.766
24	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.765
25	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.764
26	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.759
27	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.756
28	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.741
29	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.739
30	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.738
=31	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.737
=31	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.737
33	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.726
34	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.721
35	PeruPERSouth America	0.718
36	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.713
37	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.707
38	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.695
39	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.678
40	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.671
41	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.660
42	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.653
43	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.645
44	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.642
45	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.635
46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.630
47	PanamaPANCentral America	0.629
=48	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.628
=48	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.628
=50	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.625
=50	SurinameSURSouth America	0.625
52	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.621
53	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.620
54	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.609
55	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.599
56	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.598
57	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.583
58	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.575
59	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.564
60	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.553
61	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.552
62	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.531
63	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.518
64	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.516
65	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.502
66	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.493
67	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.481
68	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.466
69	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.455
70	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.449
71	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.444
72	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.441
73	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.439
74	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.432
75	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.426
76	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.413
77	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.398
78	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.397
79	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.373
80	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.372
81	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.371
82	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.369
83	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.367
84	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.357
85	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.353
86	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.348
=87	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.347
=87	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.347
89	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.342
90	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.332
=91	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.328
=91	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.328
93	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.325
94	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.322
95	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.320
=96	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.309
=96	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.309
=98	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.296
=98	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.296
=100	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.290
=100	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.290
102	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.284
103	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.283
104	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.282
=105	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.277
=105	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.277
107	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.276
108	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.268
=109	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.260
=109	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.260
111	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.252
112	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.249
113	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.246
114	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.245
115	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.242
116	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.241
=117	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.240
=117	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.240
119	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.237
120	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.230
121	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.219
122	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.215
123	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.209
124	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.208
125	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.204
126	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.203
127	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.202
128	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.201
129	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.198
130	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.196
131	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.195
132	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.190
133	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.186
=134	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.185
=134	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.185
136	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.184
137	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.162
138	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.160
=139	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.155
=139	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.155
141	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.150
142	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.149
143	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.147
144	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.145
145	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.144
146	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.143
147	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.139
=148	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.117
=148	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.117
150	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.104
151	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.096
152	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.093
153	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.088
154	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.083
=155	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.078
=155	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.078
157	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.074
158	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.073
159	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.062
160	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.061
161	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.060
162	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.056
163	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.054
164	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.047
165	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.046
166	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.042
=167	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.041
=167	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.041
169	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.032
170	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.030
171	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.028
172	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.024
173	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.014
174	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.010
175	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.008

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Sweden0.879
2Germany0.870
3Norway0.867
4Denmark0.862
5Switzerland0.853

Lowest

175North Korea0.008
174Turkmenistan0.010
173Iraq0.014
172Myanmar0.024
171Eritrea0.028

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.347. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
123values changed, of 175 in both
78 · 45rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan0.014 → 0.230+0.216
Timor-Leste0.250 → 0.398+0.148
Kosovo0.166 → 0.277+0.111
Solomon Islands0.200 → 0.309+0.109
North Macedonia0.256 → 0.357+0.101

Fell most

Nepal0.251 → 0.208−0.043
Venezuela0.307 → 0.284−0.023
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.459 → 0.441−0.018
Colombia0.342 → 0.325−0.017
Azerbaijan0.078 → 0.061−0.017

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2002.
156 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.783. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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