Deliberative Political Institutions Index by country
Central estimate of 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.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
0.987
Norway
Lowest
0.016
Nicaragua
Median
0.614
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
20,802
What the numbers show
Deliberative Political Institutions Index is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 0.987 in Norway; the lowest is 0.016 in Nicaragua.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.614, and the mean is 0.5767.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 2,354.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 95.2%).
Deliberative Political Institutions Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 0.987 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 0.984 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 0.978 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 5 | Denmark | 0.961 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 6 | Seychelles | 0.953 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 7 | South Korea | 0.937 | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Chile | 0.934 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | France | 0.932 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 0.93 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 0.926 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 11 | Uruguay | 0.926 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 0.925 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 14 | Mauritius | 0.924 | 2025 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 0.921 | 2025 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Barbados | 0.915 | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Netherlands | 0.902 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 18 | Slovenia | 0.902 | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 0.901 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 0.901 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 0.9 | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Bhutan | 0.898 | 2025 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 23 | South Africa | 0.898 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 0.897 | 2025 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Senegal | 0.89 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Iceland | 0.878 | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 28 | Jamaica | 0.872 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Austria | 0.871 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 0.863 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 0.862 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 32 | Taiwan | 0.859 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Poland | 0.852 | 2025 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Lithuania | 0.842 | 2025 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Libya | 0.84 | 2025 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Estonia | 0.838 | 2025 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 0.837 | 2025 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Malawi | 0.836 | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Spain | 0.833 | 2025 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Mongolia | 0.827 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Greece | 0.824 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 42 | Ghana | 0.822 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Italy | 0.816 | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 44 | Montenegro | 0.813 | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Czechia | 0.812 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Morocco | 0.812 | 2025 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Liberia | 0.81 | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Latvia | 0.807 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Zambia | 0.806 | 2025 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Kenya | 0.792 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Canada | 0.79 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 0.784 | 2025 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 54 | Moldova | 0.782 | 2025 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 0.779 | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Suriname | 0.777 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 0.775 | 2025 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Niger | 0.771 | 2025 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Fiji | 0.767 | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 60 | Lebanon | 0.761 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 61 | Panama | 0.755 | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Tunisia | 0.753 | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Singapore | 0.75 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 63 | Ukraine | 0.75 | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Gambia | 0.74 | 2025 | up 285.4% | rising |
| 65 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.74 | 2025 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Indonesia | 0.738 | 2025 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Jordan | 0.738 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 69 | New Zealand | 0.724 | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 70 | Georgia | 0.716 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Guatemala | 0.715 | 2025 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Maldives | 0.715 | 2025 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Israel | 0.711 | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 74 | Lesotho | 0.71 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Togo | 0.706 | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 76 | East Timor | 0.703 | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Namibia | 0.7 | 2025 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Croatia | 0.697 | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Mali | 0.697 | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Cape Verde | 0.692 | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Tanzania | 0.675 | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Malaysia | 0.663 | 2025 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Uganda | 0.652 | 2025 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Honduras | 0.642 | 2025 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Nigeria | 0.634 | 2025 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Somalia | 0.632 | 2025 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Colombia | 0.624 | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Vietnam | 0.622 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 89 | Iraq | 0.62 | 2025 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 0.608 | 2025 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 91 | United States | 0.606 | 2025 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 92 | Kuwait | 0.605 | 2025 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 0.605 | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.604 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.59 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 96 | Syria | 0.589 | 2025 | up 2,354.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Gabon | 0.578 | 2025 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 0.575 | 2025 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 99 | India | 0.574 | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Rwanda | 0.567 | 2025 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Haiti | 0.562 | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Mauritania | 0.555 | 2025 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Armenia | 0.549 | 2025 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Nepal | 0.543 | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.536 | 2025 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Philippines | 0.535 | 2025 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 107 | Ecuador | 0.534 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Benin | 0.533 | 2025 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 109 | Ethiopia | 0.525 | 2025 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Argentina | 0.523 | 2025 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 110 | Serbia | 0.523 | 2025 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 0.505 | 2025 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.498 | 2025 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | 0.484 | 2025 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 115 | Bangladesh | 0.48 | 2025 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 116 | Algeria | 0.479 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Peru | 0.475 | 2025 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Qatar | 0.473 | 2025 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Paraguay | 0.453 | 2025 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 0.453 | 2025 | up 432.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Congo | 0.447 | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Mozambique | 0.44 | 2025 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Pakistan | 0.434 | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 124 | Botswana | 0.431 | 2025 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 0.429 | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Mexico | 0.427 | 2025 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 127 | Romania | 0.385 | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Albania | 0.379 | 2025 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Djibouti | 0.375 | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Guyana | 0.371 | 2025 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 130 | Slovakia | 0.371 | 2025 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Angola | 0.368 | 2025 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Madagascar | 0.36 | 2025 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Egypt | 0.356 | 2025 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 135 | Thailand | 0.35 | 2025 | up 929.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.324 | 2025 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.322 | 2025 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Chad | 0.322 | 2025 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Hungary | 0.3 | 2025 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 0.289 | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 140 | Central African Republic | 0.289 | 2025 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Cuba | 0.286 | 2025 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Iran | 0.284 | 2025 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Saudi Arabia | 0.284 | 2025 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 145 | Comoros | 0.275 | 2025 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Bolivia | 0.273 | 2025 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Guinea | 0.268 | 2025 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 148 | El Salvador | 0.254 | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 149 | China | 0.231 | 2025 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Cambodia | 0.22 | 2025 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Cameroon | 0.216 | 2025 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Oman | 0.207 | 2025 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Eswatini | 0.202 | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Bahrain | 0.182 | 2025 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Laos | 0.182 | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Palestine | 0.173 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Burundi | 0.168 | 2025 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Hong Kong | 0.164 | 2025 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Russia | 0.155 | 2025 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 0.143 | 2025 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Turkey | 0.133 | 2025 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Tajikistan | 0.125 | 2025 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Myanmar | 0.118 | 2025 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.111 | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.107 | 2025 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 166 | South Sudan | 0.101 | 2025 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Eritrea | 0.077 | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 0.068 | 2025 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Belarus | 0.064 | 2025 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Turkmenistan | 0.058 | 2025 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Sudan | 0.045 | 2025 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Afghanistan | 0.033 | 2025 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 173 | North Korea | 0.022 | 2025 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Venezuela | 0.021 | 2025 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Nicaragua | 0.016 | 2025 | down 94.4% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of 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.