Democracy Index

The Democracy Index is a measure created by the Economist Intelligence Unit to give a score and ranking to countries around the world

165

Countries

covered

Democracy types

classified

Democracy type

There are 4 different democracy types with the following distribution

Democracy type	Countries	Population share
Flawed democracy	53	42.6%
Authoritarian	53	35.7%
Hybrid regime	39	17.2%
Full democracy	20	4.5%

Democracy level around the world

This is the democracy level of 165 countries around the world

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Data by country

This is the data for the 165 countries

Country	Type	Index
Norway	Full democracy	9.87
Iceland	Full democracy	9.58
Sweden	Full democracy	9.39
New Zealand	Full democracy	9.26
Denmark	Full democracy	9.22
Canada	Full democracy	9.15
Ireland	Full democracy	9.15
Finland	Full democracy	9.14
Australia	Full democracy	9.09
Switzerland	Full democracy	9.03
Netherlands	Full democracy	8.89
Luxembourg	Full democracy	8.81
Germany	Full democracy	8.68
United Kingdom	Full democracy	8.53
Uruguay	Full democracy	8.38
Austria	Full democracy	8.29
Mauritius	Full democracy	8.22
Malta	Full democracy	8.21
Spain	Full democracy	8.08
Costa Rica	Full democracy	8.07
Korea	Flawed democracy	8.0
Japan	Flawed democracy	7.99
Chile	Flawed democracy	7.97
Estonia	Flawed democracy	7.97
United States	Flawed democracy	7.96
Cabo Verde	Flawed democracy	7.88
Portugal	Flawed democracy	7.84
Botswana	Flawed democracy	7.81
France	Flawed democracy	7.8
Israel	Flawed democracy	7.79
Belgium	Flawed democracy	7.78
Italy	Flawed democracy	7.71
Czech Republic	Flawed democracy	7.69
Cyprus	Flawed democracy	7.59
Lithuania	Flawed democracy	7.5
Slovenia	Flawed democracy	7.5
Latvia	Flawed democracy	7.38
Greece	Flawed democracy	7.29
South Africa	Flawed democracy	7.24
India	Flawed democracy	7.23
Timor-Leste	Flawed democracy	7.19
Trinidad and Tobago	Flawed democracy	7.16
Slovak Republic	Flawed democracy	7.1
Panama	Flawed democracy	7.05
Bulgaria	Flawed democracy	7.03
Jamaica	Flawed democracy	7.02
Argentina	Flawed democracy	7.02
Suriname	Flawed democracy	6.98
Brazil	Flawed democracy	6.97
Colombia	Flawed democracy	6.96
Malaysia	Flawed democracy	6.88
Philippines	Flawed democracy	6.71
Guyana	Flawed democracy	6.67
Poland	Flawed democracy	6.67
Lesotho	Flawed democracy	6.64
Hungary	Flawed democracy	6.63
Ghana	Flawed democracy	6.63
Peru	Flawed democracy	6.6
Croatia	Flawed democracy	6.57
Dominican Republic	Flawed democracy	6.54
Mongolia	Flawed democracy	6.5
Serbia	Flawed democracy	6.41
Tunisia	Flawed democracy	6.41
Indonesia	Flawed democracy	6.39
Romania	Flawed democracy	6.38
Singapore	Flawed democracy	6.38
Ecuador	Flawed democracy	6.27
Namibia	Flawed democracy	6.25
Paraguay	Flawed democracy	6.24
Sri Lanka	Flawed democracy	6.19
Mexico	Flawed democracy	6.19
Senegal	Flawed democracy	6.15
Papua New Guinea	Flawed democracy	6.03
Albania	Hybrid regime	5.98
El Salvador	Hybrid regime	5.96
North Macedonia	Hybrid regime	5.87
Moldova	Hybrid regime	5.85
Fiji	Hybrid regime	5.85
Benin	Hybrid regime	5.74
Montenegro	Hybrid regime	5.74
Bolivia	Hybrid regime	5.7
Ukraine	Hybrid regime	5.69
Honduras	Hybrid regime	5.63
Zambia	Hybrid regime	5.61
Guatemala	Hybrid regime	5.6
Bangladesh	Hybrid regime	5.57
Georgia	Hybrid regime	5.5
Malawi	Hybrid regime	5.49
Tanzania	Hybrid regime	5.41
Mali	Hybrid regime	5.41
Liberia	Hybrid regime	5.35
Bhutan	Hybrid regime	5.3
Madagascar	Hybrid regime	5.22
Uganda	Hybrid regime	5.2
Nepal	Hybrid regime	5.18
Kenya	Hybrid regime	5.11
Kyrgyz Republic	Hybrid regime	5.11
Morocco	Hybrid regime	4.99
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hybrid regime	4.98
Haiti	Hybrid regime	4.91
Armenia	Hybrid regime	4.79
Burkina Faso	Hybrid regime	4.75
Sierra Leone	Hybrid regime	4.66
Lebanon	Hybrid regime	4.63
Thailand	Hybrid regime	4.63
Nigeria	Hybrid regime	4.44
West Bank and Gaza	Hybrid regime	4.39
Turkey	Hybrid regime	4.37
The Gambia	Hybrid regime	4.31
Pakistan	Hybrid regime	4.17
Côte d'Ivoire	Hybrid regime	4.15
Iraq	Hybrid regime	4.06
Jordan	Authoritarian	3.93
Mozambique	Authoritarian	3.85
Kuwait	Authoritarian	3.85
Myanmar	Authoritarian	3.83
Mauritania	Authoritarian	3.82
Niger	Authoritarian	3.76
Comoros	Authoritarian	3.71
Nicaragua	Authoritarian	3.63
Angola	Authoritarian	3.62
Gabon	Authoritarian	3.61
Cambodia	Authoritarian	3.59
Algeria	Authoritarian	3.5
Egypt	Authoritarian	3.36
Ethiopia	Authoritarian	3.35
Rwanda	Authoritarian	3.35
China	Authoritarian	3.32
Congo	Authoritarian	3.31
Cameroon	Authoritarian	3.28
Qatar	Authoritarian	3.19
Venezuela	Authoritarian	3.16
Zimbabwe	Authoritarian	3.16
Guinea	Authoritarian	3.14
Belarus	Authoritarian	3.13
Togo	Authoritarian	3.1
Vietnam	Authoritarian	3.08
Oman	Authoritarian	3.04
Eswatini	Authoritarian	3.03
Cuba	Authoritarian	3.0
Afghanistan	Authoritarian	2.97
Kazakhstan	Authoritarian	2.94
Russia	Authoritarian	2.94
Djibouti	Authoritarian	2.87
United Arab Emirates	Authoritarian	2.76
Bahrain	Authoritarian	2.71
Azerbaijan	Authoritarian	2.65
Iran	Authoritarian	2.45
Lao PDR	Authoritarian	2.37
Eritrea	Authoritarian	2.37
Burundi	Authoritarian	2.33
Libya	Authoritarian	2.19
Sudan	Authoritarian	2.15
Uzbekistan	Authoritarian	2.01
Guinea-Bissau	Authoritarian	1.98
Yemen	Authoritarian	1.95
Saudi Arabia	Authoritarian	1.93
Tajikistan	Authoritarian	1.93
Equatorial Guinea	Authoritarian	1.92
Turkmenistan	Authoritarian	1.72
Chad	Authoritarian	1.61
Central African Republic	Authoritarian	1.52
Dem. Rep. Congo	Authoritarian	1.49
Syrian Arab Republic	Authoritarian	1.43
Dem. People's Rep. Korea	Authoritarian	1.08

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