The Global Democracy Index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories, measuring pluralism, civil liberties, and political culture. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorises each country into one of four regime types: full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes.

List of top ten countries in the global democracy index Norway – with a score of 9.75 New Zealand – ranked second with a score of 9.37 Finland with a score of 9.27 ranked third. Sweden – it has a score of 9.26 and has slipped from 3rd position. Iceland – with a score of 9.18 it slipped the biggest from rank 2 to 5.

Apr 07, 2021 · The top ten democracies in the world for the year 2020, as assessed, are Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, and Australia. A further 13 nations, along with the first ten comprised the complete list of 23 full democracies.

The Democracy Ranking compares the development of quality of democracy in 112 countries during the years 2008-2015. It is based on the following dimensions: politics, economy, ecology and environment, gender equality, health and health status, and knowledge. The possible values that a country can achieve go from 1 (minimum) to 100 (maximum).

Feb 09, 2022 · The annual index, which provides a measurement of the state of global democracy, reveals an overall score of 5.28, down from 5.37 in 2020. This fall is the biggest since 2010, in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis, and sets another dismal record for the worst global score since the index was first produced in 2006.

The same is true of the other three countries – Armenia (+1.50), Sri Lanka (+1.37) and Tunisia (+2.70) – that have undergone a lasting regime change from autocracy to democracy within the last 10 years and consequently also rank among the decade’s biggest gainers.

2 days ago · The rankings evaluate 85 countries across 26 rankings drawn from a survey of more than 17,000 global citizens, measuring 73 dimensions that have the potential to drive trade, travel and investment ...

Feb 12, 2022 · According to the report, the percentage of the world’s population living under some sort of democracy tumbled last year to 45.7 percent from 49.4pc a year earlier. Topping the list were Norway, New Zealand, and Finland, while the UK ranked 18th. The US, which was given a flawed democracy classification, fell one spot to number 26.

In News: Recently, 2020 Democracy Index's global ranking is released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Option C is correct: Norway topped the Democracy Index with Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Canada making up the top five.India slipped two places to the 53rd position in the 2020 Democracy Index’s global ranking. The report said that ―democratic …

Mar 09, 2022 · Mar 05, 2021 · We have mentioned here Global Democracy Index 2021 ranking in which India slipped 10 places to 51st position in Democracy Index. The Economist released a democracy list of 165 countries. According to this report, India’s Democracy score declined due to the removal of Article 370 from Kashmir and the enactment of the ...

The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a UK-based company. It intends to measure the state of democracy in 167 co...

Democracy is losing ground: For the first time since 2004, the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) counts more autocratically governed states than democracies. Among the 137 countries surveyed, only 67 are still democracies, while the number of autocracies has risen to 70. Economic and governance performance also show downward ...

Freedom House assesses the level of internet freedom in 70 countries around the world through its annual Freedom on the Net report. Click on a country name below to access the full country narrative report. Scores are based on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free)