Democracy Index
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The Economist has in a study examined the state of democracy in 167 countries and rated the nations with a Economist Intelligence Unit Index of Democracy which focused on five general categories; free and fair election process, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation and political culture. Sweden scored a total of 9.88 on the scale of ten which was the highest result, North Korea scored the lowest with 1.03. [1][2]
Full democracies: 1. Sweden-9.88, 2. Iceland-9.71, 3. Netherlands-9.66, 4. Norway-9.55, 5. Denmark-9.52, 6. Finland-9.25, 7. Luxembourg-9.10, 8. Australia-9.09, 9. Canada-9.07, 10. Switzerland-9.02, 11. Ireland-9.01 & New Zealand-9.01, 13. Germany-8.82, 14. Austria-8.69, 15. Malta-8.39, 16. Spain-8.34, 17. United States-8.22, 18.Czech Republic-8.17, 19. Portugal-8.16, 20. Belgium-8.15 & Japan-8.15, 22. Greece-8.13 23. UK-8.08, 24. France-8.07, 25. India-8.04 & Costa Rica-8.04, 27. Slovenia-7.96 & Uruguay-7.96.
Flawed democracies: 29. South Africa-7.91, 30. Chile-7.89, 31. South Korea-7.88, 32. Taiwan-7.82, 33. Estonia-7.74, 34. Italy-7.73, 35. Mauritius-7.68, 36. Botswana-7.60 & Cyprus-7.60, 38. Hungary-7.53, 39. Cape Verde-7.43 & Lithuania-7.43, 41. Slovakia-7.40, 42. Brazil-7.38, 43. Latvia-7.37, 44. Panama-7.35, 45. Jamaica-7.34, 46. Poland-7.30, 47. Israel-7.28, 48. Trinidad and Tobago-7.18, 49. Bulgaria-7.10, 50. Romania-7.06, 51. Croatia-7.04, 52. Ukraine-6.94, 53. Mexico-6.67, 54. Argentina-6.63, 55. Serbia-6.62, 56. Mongolia, 57. Sri Lanka, 58. Montenegro, 59. Namibia & Papua New Guinea, 61. Suriname, 62. Moldova, 63. Lesotho & Philippines, 65. Indonesia & Timor Leste, 67. Colombia, 68. Macedonia, 69. Honduras, 70. El Salvador, 71. Paraguay & Benin, 73. Guyana, 74. Dom Rep, 75. Bangladesh & Peru, 77. Guatemala, 78. Hong Kong, 79. Palestine, 80. Mali, 81. Malaysia & Bolivia 81.
Hybrid regimes: 83. Albania, 84. Singapore, 85. Madagascar & Lebanon, 87. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 88. Turkey, 89. Nicaragua, 90. Thailand, 91. Fiji, 92. Ecuador, 93. Venezuela, 94. Senegal, 95. Ghana, 96. Mozambique, 97. Zambia, 98. Liberia, 99. Tanzania, 100. Uganda, 101.Kenya, 102. Russia, 103. Malawi, 104. Georgia, 105. Cambodia, 106. Ethiopia, 107. Burundi, 108. Gambia, 109. Haiti, 110. Armenia, 111. Kyrgyzstan, 112. Iraq.
Authoritarian regimes: 113. Pakistan & Jordan, 115. Comoros & Morocco & Egypt, 118. Rwanda, 119. Burkina Faso, 120. Kazakhstan, 121. Sierra Leone, 122. Niger, 123. Bahrain, 124. Cuba & Nigeria, 126. Nepal, 127. Côte d’Ivoire, 128. Belarus, 129. Azerbaijan, 130. Cameroon, 131. Congo Brazzaville, 132. Algeria, 133. Mauritania, 134. Kuwait, 135. Afghanistan & Tunisia, 137. Yemen, 138. People's Republic of China, 139. Swaziland & Iran, 141. Sudan, 142. Qatar, 143. Oman, 144. Democratic Republic of Congo, 145. Vietnam, 146. Gabon, 147. Bhutan & Zimbabwe, 149. Tajikistan, 150. UAE, 151. Angola, 152. Djibouti, 153. Syria, 154. Eritrea, 155. Laos, 156. Equatorial Guinea, 157. Guinea, 158. Guinea-Bissau, 159. Saudi Arabia, 160. Uzbekistan, 161.Libya, 162. Turkmenistan, 163. Myanmar, 164. Togo, 165. Chad, 166. Central African Republic, 167. North Korea.
[edit] External links
- "The Economist Intelligence Unit's index of democracy" [1]
