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Democracy Index 2019

January 11 , 2019 2050 days 686 0
  • The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released the Democracy Index which ranks 167 countries by 60 indicators across five broad categories.
  • The index classifies each country either as a full democracy, flawed democracy, hybrid regime or authoritarian.
  • India was at the 41st place with a score of 7.23/10 and was placed in the flawed democracies category.
  • Australia and New Zealand are the only “full democracies” in the entire Asia-Pacific region.
  • Some key findings of the democracy index are,
    • Only 4.5% of the world’s people live in a full democracy.
    • The overall global score remained stable in 2018 for the first time in three years.
    • 42 countries experienced a decline in their index score compared with 89 in 2017 and 48 countries have improved their score.
    • Political participation is the most improved category in the index.

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