PEACE Democracy Index

Democracy Index Data 2023

Published by: The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited from 2006 - 2023

5 Practices Measured (Scores: 0 – 10)

1. Electoral Process & Pluralism

2. Functioning of Government

3. Political Participation

4. Political Culture

5. Civil Liberties

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Democracy Index 167 Countries

4 Categories – Based on Overall Score

Full Democracies:

10.00 – 8.00

Flawed Democracies: 7.99 – 6.00

Hybrid Regimes:

5.99 – 4.00

Dictatorships:

3.99 – 0.00

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Full Democracies

Norway 9.81

Iceland 9.52

New Zealand 9.61

Sweden 9.39

1

3

2

4

Switzerland 9.14

Finland 9.29

Denmark 9.28

Ireland 9.13

5

6

7

8

Taiwan 8.99

Netherlands 9.00

Canada 8.88

Uruguay 8.91

10

9

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Luxembourg 8.81

Germany 8.80

Australia 8.71

Japan 8.33

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14

15

16

Costa Rica 8.29

United Kingdom 8.28 18

Chile 8.22

Austria 8.20

17

19

20

Mauritius 8.14

France 8.07

Spain 8.07

South Korea 8.03

24

21

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Flawed Democracies (1 of 2)

Czech Republic 7.97 25=

Greece 7.97

Estonia 7.96

Portugal 7.95

25=

27

28

Israel 7.93

United States 7.85 30

Slovenia 7.75

Botswana 7.73

29

31

32

Malta 7.70

Italy 7.69

Cabo Verde 7.65

Belgium 7.64

33

34

35

36

Cyprus 7.38

Latvia 7.37

Lithuania 7.31

Malaysia 7.30

37

38

39

40

Trinidad & Tobago 7.16 41

Jamaica 7.13

Slovakia 7.07

Timor-Leste 7.06

42

43

44

South Africa 7.05

India 7.04

Poland 4.04

Suriname 6.95

45

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48

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Flawed Democracy (2 of 2)

Panama 6.91

Argentina 6.85

Brazil 6.78

Philippines 6.73

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50

51

52

Colombia 6.72

Indonesia 6.71

Thailand 6.67

Hungary 6.64

53

54

55

56

Bulgaria 6.53

Namibia 6.52

Croatia 6.50

Sri Lanka 6.47

57

58

59

60

Montenegro 6.45

Romania 6.45

Ghana 6.43

Albania 6.41

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63

64

Dominican Republic 6.39 65

Mongolia 6.35

Guyana 6.34

Serbia 6.33

66

67

68

Moldova 6.23

Singapore 6.22

Lesotho 6.19

North Macedonia 6.10 72

69

70

71

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Hybrid Regimes

El Salvador 5.06 Mexico 5.25 Tunisia 5.51 Ecuador 5.69 Paraguay 5.89 Bangladesh 5.99

Papua New Guinea 5.97 74

Peru 5.92

Malawi 5.91

73

75

76

Georgia 5.20 Liberia 5.43 Zambia 5.80 Armenia 5.63

Senegal 5.72

Madagascar 5.70

77

78

79

80

Fiji 5.55

Bhutan 5.54

81

82

83

84

Morocco 5.04 Honduras 5.15 Ukraine 5.42 Turkey 4.35 Uganda 4.55 Pakistan 4.13

Hong Gong 5.28

87

85

86

88

Tanzania 5.10

89

90

91

92

Kenya 5.05

Sierra Leone 5.03

93

94

95

96

Guatemala 4.68

Bolivia 4.51

Bosnia Hercegovina 5.00 97

98

99

100

Gambia 4.47

Benin 4.28

Nepal 4.49

101

102

103

104

Nigeria 4.23

Cote d’Ivoire 4.22

Mauritania 4.03

105

106

107

108

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Dictatorships (1 of 2)

Palestine 3.83 Palestine 3.86

Angola 3.96

Kuwait 3.83

Niger 3.73

111 110

109

111

112

Algeria 3.66

Qatar 3.65

Kyrgyzstan 3.62

Lebanon 3.64

113

114

115

116

Comoros 3.20

Mozambique 3.51

Mali 3.23

Gabon 3.54 3.40

117

119 118

119

120

Cambodia 3.18

Ethiopia 3.17

Jordan 3.17

Iraq 3.13

121

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124

Kazakhstan 3.08

Oman 3.12

Rwanda 3.10

Burkina Faso 3.08

125

126

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Eswatini 3.01

Togo 2.99

Egypt 2.93

Zimbabwe 2.92

129

130

131

132

Azerbaijan 2.87

Haiti 2.81

Republic of Congo 2.79 136

United Arab Emirates 2.90 133

134

135

Djibouti 2.74

Vietnam 2.73

Cuba 2.65

Cameroon 2.56

137

138

139

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Authoritarian Dictatorships (2 of 2)

Guinea-Bissau 2.56

Bahrain 2.52

Nicaragua 2.50

Sudan 2.47

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142

143

144

Russia 3.31 Russia 2.28

Guinea 2.32

Venezuela 2.23

Burundi 2.13

122 146

145

147

148

Uzbekistan 2.12

Saudi Arabia 2.08

Libya 2.06

Eritrea 2.03

149

150

151

152

China 1.94

Belarus 1.99

Iran 1.96

Yemen 1.95

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153

154

155

Tajikistan 1.94

Equatorial Guinea 1.92 158

Laos 1.77

Chad 1.67

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159

160

Turkmenistan 1.66

Demo. Rep Congo 1.48 162

Syria 1.43

Central African Rep 1.35 164

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163

North Korea 1.08 165

Myanmar 0.74

Afghanistan 0.32

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Democracy Index Distribution 167 Countries

Full Democracies:

24 – 14.4%

Flawed Democracies: 48 – 28.7%

Hybrid Regimes:

36 – 21.6%

Dictatorships:

59 – 35.3%

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The Decline of U.S. Democracy

Bush Jr.

Obama

Trump

Biden

2018 – 7.96

2022 – 7.85

2010 – 8.18

2006 – 8.22

2012 – 8.11

2020 – 7.92

2008 – 8.22

2014 – 8.11

2016 – 7.98

In 2016 the U.S. went from being a Full Democracy to being a Flawed Democracy

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United States World Democracy Ranking

19 th Bush – 8.22

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As Americans we like to think of our country as the leader of the Free World and the shing example of Democracy.

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But to be that good example we need to reverse our steady Democracy Index Decline

25 th Obama – 7.98

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30 th Biden – 7.85 29 th Trump – 7.92

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Decline in U.S. Democracy Index Rankings

Bush Jr. 0

Obama

Trump

Biden

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