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| 1 || {{flag|Norway}} || 9.80 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 2 || {{flag|Iceland}} || 9.65 || Full democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 3 || {{flag|Denmark}} || 9.52 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 4 || {{flag|Sweden}} || 9.50 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 5 || {{flag|New Zealand}} || 9.26 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 6 || {{flag|Australia}} || 9.22 || Full democracy || [[Federalism]], [[constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 7 || {{flag|Switzerland}} || 9.09 || Full democracy || [[Federalism]], [[directorial system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 8 || {{flag|Canada}} || 9.08 || Full democracy || [[Federalism]], [[constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]],
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 9 || {{flag|Finland}} || 9.06 || Full democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 10 || {{flag|Netherlands}} || 8.99 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]], [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 11 || {{flag|Luxembourg}} || 8.88 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 12 || {{flag|Ireland}} || 8.56 || Full democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 13 || {{flag|Austria}} || 8.49 || Full democracy || [[Federalism]], [[parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 14 || {{flag|Germany}} || 8.34 || Full democracy || [[Federalism]], [[parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 15 || {{flag|Malta}} || 8.28 || Full democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 16 || {{flag|Czech Republic}} ||8.19 || Full democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 17 || {{flag|Uruguay}} || 8.17 || Full democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 18 || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 8.16 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 19 || {{flag|United States}} || 8.11 || Full democracy || [[Federalism]], [[constitutional republic]], [[presidential system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 20 || {{flag|Costa Rica}} || 8.10 || Full democracy || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 21 || {{flag|Japan}} || 8.08 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 22 || {{sort|Korea, South| {{flag|South Korea}} }} || 8.06 || Full democracy || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 23 || {{flag|Belgium}} || 8.05 || Full democracy ||[[Federalism]], [[constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 24 || {{flag|Mauritius}} || 8.04 || Full democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#53A650"
| 25 || {{flag|Spain}} || 8.02 || Full democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 26 || {{flag|Cape Verde}} || 7.92 || Flawed democracy || [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 27 || {{flag|Portugal}} || 7.81 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 28 || {{flag|South Africa}} || 7.79 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 29 || {{flag|France}} || 7.77 || Flawed democracy || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 30 || {{flag|Slovenia}} || 7.76 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional democracy]], [[Slovenian parliament|incomplete bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 31 || {{flag|Italy}} || 7.74 || Flawed democracy || [[Bicameralism]], [[parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 32 || {{flag|Greece}} || 7.65 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 33 || {{flag|Botswana}} || 7.63 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 34 || {{flag|Estonia}} || 7.61 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 35 || {{flag|Chile}} || 7.54 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 36 || {{flag|Israel}} || 7.53 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 37 || {{flag|Republic of China}} || 7.46 || Flawed democracy || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 38 || {{flag|Slovakia}} || 7.35 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 39 || {{flag|India}} || 7.30 || Flawed democracy || [[Federalism]], [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 40 || {{flag|Cyprus}} || 7.29 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 41 || {{flag|Lithuania}} || 7.24 || Flawed democracy || [[Semi-presidential republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 42 || {{flag|Timor-Leste}} || 7.22 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 43 || {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || 7.16 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 44 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || 7.13 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]] and [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 45 || {{flag|Poland}} || 7.12 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 45 || {{flag|Brazil}} || 7.12 || Flawed democracy || [[Federalism]], [[presidential system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 47 || {{flag|Panama}} || 7.08 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 48 || {{flag|Latvia}} || 7.05 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 49 || {{flag|Hungary}} || 7.04 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 50 || {{flag|Mexico}} || 6.93 || Flawed democracy || [[Federalism]], [[presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 51 || {{flag|Argentina}} || 6.84 || Flawed democracy || [[Federalism]], [[presidential system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 52 || {{flag|Bulgaria}} || 6.78 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 53 || {{flag|Croatia}} || 6.73 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 54 || {{flag|Suriname}} || 6.65 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 55 || {{flag|Colombia}} ||6.63 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 56 || {{flag|Peru}} || 6.59 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[republic]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 57 || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 6.58 || Flawed democracy || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 58 || {{flag|Thailand}} || 6.55 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]], [[parliamentary democracy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 59 || {{flag|Romania}} || 6.54 || Flawed democracy || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 60 || {{flag|Indonesia}} || 6.53 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[republic]], [[regional state]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 61 || {{flag|El Salvador}} || 6.47 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 62 || {{flag|Paraguay}} ||6.40 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional republic]], [[presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 63 || {{flag|Mali}} || 6.36 || Flawed democracy || [[Semi-presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 64 || {{flag|Serbia}} || 6.33 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 64 || {{flag|Lesotho}} || 6.33 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]], [[parliamentary system]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 64 || {{flag|Moldova}} || 6.33 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 67 || {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 6.32 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]], [[Parliamentary democracy]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 68 || {{flag|Namibia}} || 6.24 || Flawed democracy || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 69 || {{flag|Mongolia}} || 6.23 || Flawed democracy || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 70 || {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 6.20 || Flawed democracy || [[Democratic republic]], [[representative democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 71 || {{flag|Malaysia}} || 6.19 || Flawed democracy || [[Constitutional monarchy]], [[Parliamentary democracy]], [[Federalism]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 71 || {{flag|Zambia}} || 6.19 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[representative democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 73 || {{flag|Macedonia}} || 6.16 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 74 || {{flag|Montenegro}} || 6.15 || Flawed democracy || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 75 || {{flag|Philippines}} || 6.12 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[constitutional republic]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 76 || {{flag|Benin}} ||6.06 || Flawed democracy || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 77 || {{flag|Guyana}} ||6.05 || Flawed democracy || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#7aF670"
| 78 || {{flag|Ghana}} || 6.02 || Flawed democracy || [[Presidential system]], [[constitutional republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 79 || {{flag|Ukraine}} || 5.94 || Hybrid regime || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 80 || ''{{flag|Hong Kong}}'' || 5.92 || Hybrid regime || Quasi-[[Presidential system|presidential]] [[special administrative region of the People's Republic of China|Autonomous region]] with limited [[suffrage]], [[unicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 81 || {{flag|Singapore}} || 5.89 || Hybrid regime || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 82 || {{flag|Guatemala}} ||5.88 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 83 || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 5.86 || Hybrid regime || [[Parliamentary republic]], [[unitary state]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 84 || {{flag|Bolivia}} || 5.84 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential republic]], [[unitary state]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 84 || {{flag|Honduras}} || 5.84 || Hybrid regime || [[Constitutional republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 86 || {{flag|Malawi}} || 5.82 || Hybrid regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 87 || {{flag|Albania}} || 5.81 || Hybrid regime || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 88 || {{flag|Turkey}} || 5.73 || Hybrid regime || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 89 || {{flag|Ecuador}} || 5.72 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 90 || {{flag|Tanzania}} || 5.64 || Hybrid regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 91 || {{flag|Nicaragua}} || 5.56 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 92 || {{flag|Tunisia}} || 5.53 || Hybrid regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 93 || {{flag|Senegal}} || 5.44 || Hybrid regime || [[Semi-presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 94 || {{flag|Lebanon}} || 5.32 || Hybrid regime || [[Confessionalism (politics)|Confessionalist]] [[parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 95 || {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 5.24 || Hybrid regime || [[Semi-presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 96 || {{flag|Uganda}} || 5.13 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 97 || {{flag|Venezuela}} || 5.08 || Hybrid regime || [[Federalism]], [[presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 98 || {{flag|Liberia}} || 5.07 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 99 || {{flag|Palestine}} || 4.97 || Hybrid regime || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[parliamentary democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 100 || {{flag|Mozambique}} || 4.90 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 101 || {{flag|Cambodia}} || 4.87 || Hybrid regime || [[Constitutional monarchy]], [[parliamentary democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 102 || {{flag|Georgia}} || 4.74 || Hybrid regime || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 103 || {{flag|Kenya}} || 4.71 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 104 || {{flag|Bhutan}} || 4.57 || Hybrid regime || [[Constitutional monarchy]], [[parliamentary democracy]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 105 || {{flag|Pakistan}} || 4.55 || Hybrid regime || [[Islamic republic]], [[federalism]], [[parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 106 || {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || 4.51 || Hybrid regime || [[Constitutional republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 107 || {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} || 4.34 || Hybrid regime || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 108 || {{flag|Nepal}} || 4.24 || Hybrid regime || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 109 || {{flag|Mauritania}} || 4.17 || Hybrid regime || [[Islamic republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 110 || {{flag|Niger}} || 4.16 || Hybrid regime || [[Semi-presidential republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 111 || {{flag|Armenia}} || 4.09 || Hybrid regime || [[Presidential republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 112 || {{flag|Iraq}} ||4.03 || Hybrid regime || [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 113 || {{flag|Burundi}} || 4.01 || Hybrid regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 114 || {{flag|Haiti}} || 4.00 || Hybrid regime || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#F6FFA2"
| 115 || {{flag|Egypt}} || 3.95 || Hybrid regime || [[Semi-presidential system|Semi-presidential]] [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 116 || {{flag|Madagascar}} || 3.93 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 117 || {{flag|Russia}} || 3.92 || Authoritarian regime || [[Federalism]], [[semi-presidential system]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 118 || {{flag|Jordan}} || 3.89 || Authoritarian regime || [[Constitutional monarchy]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 119 || {{flag|Nigeria}} || 3.83 || Authoritarian regime || [[Federalism]], [[presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 119 || {{flag|Morocco}} || 3.83 || Authoritarian regime || [[Constitutional monarchy]], [[bicameralism]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 121 || {{flag|Ethiopia}} || 3.79 || Authoritarian regime || [[Federalism]], [[parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 122 || {{flag|Kuwait}} || 3.74 || Authoritarian regime || [[Constitutional monarchy]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 123 || {{flag|Fiji}} || 3.67 || Authoritarian regime || Military appointed [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 124 || {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || 3.59 || Authoritarian regime || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 125 || {{flag|Libya}} || 3.55 || Authoritarian regime || Provisional [[Parliamentary republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 126 || {{flag|Cuba}} || 3.52 || Authoritarian regime || [[Socialist republic]], [[single-party]] [[communist state]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 126 || {{flag|Comoros}} || 3.52 || Authoritarian regime || [[Federal republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 128 || {{flag|Gabon}} || 3.48 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 129|| {{flag|Togo}} || 3.45 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 130 || {{flag|Algeria}} || 3.44 || Authoritarian regime || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 131 || {{flag|Cameroon}} || 3.41 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 132 || {{sort|Gambia, The| {{flag|The Gambia}}}} || 3.38 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 133 || {{flag|Angola}} || 3.32 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 134 || {{flag|Oman}} || 3.26 || Authoritarian regime || [[Islamic]] [[absolute monarchy]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 134 || {{flag|Swaziland}} || 3.26 || Authoritarian regime || [[Absolute monarchy]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 136 || {{flag|Rwanda}} || 3.25 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 137 || {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || 3.24 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 138 || {{flag|Qatar}} || 3.18 || Authoritarian regime || [[Constitutional monarchy]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 139 || {{flag|Belarus}} || 3.16 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 140 || {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || 3.15 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 141 || {{sort|China, People's Republic of | {{flag|People's Republic of China}} }} || 3.14 || Authoritarian regime || [[People's democratic dictatorship]], [[single-party]] [[communist state]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 142 || {{flag|Côte d’Ivoire}} || 3.08 || Authoritarian regime || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 143 || {{flag|Vietnam}} || 2.96 || Authoritarian regime || [[Socialist republic]], [[single-party]] [[communist state]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 144 || {{flag|Bahrain}} || 2.92 || Authoritarian regime || [[Constitutional monarchy]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 145 || {{sort|Congo, Republic of the | {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} }} || 2.89 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 146 || {{flag|Guinea}} || 2.79 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 147 || {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || 2.68 || Authoritarian regime || [[Semi-presidential]], [[parliamentary]], [[consociationalist]] [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 147 || {{flag|Djibouti}} || 2.68 || Authoritarian regime || [[Semi-presidential]] [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 149 || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 2.58 || Authoritarian regime || [[Federalism]], [[constitutional monarchy]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 150 || {{flag|Yemen}} || 2.57 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 151 || {{flag|Tajikistan}} || 2.51 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential system]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 152 || {{flag|Afghanistan}} || 2.48 || Authoritarian regime || [[Islamic republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 153 || {{flag|Sudan}} || 2.38 || Authoritarian regime || [[Federalism]], [[presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 154 || {{flag|Eritrea}} || 2.34 || Authoritarian regime || [[Semi-presidential]] [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 155 || {{sort| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} }} || 2.15 || Authoritarian regime || [[Semi-presidential]] [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 156 || {{flag|Laos}} || 2.10 || Authoritarian regime || [[Socialist republic]], [[single-party]] [[communist state]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 157 || {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || 1.99 || Authoritarian regime || [[Semi-presidential system]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 157 || {{flag|Syria}} || 1.99 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential system]], [[single party]], [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 159 || {{flag|Iran}} || 1.98 || Authoritarian regime || [[Islamic republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 160 || {{flag|Central African Republic}} || 1.82 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 161 || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || 1.77 || Authoritarian regime || [[Islamic]] [[absolute monarchy]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 161 || {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} || 1.77 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential]] [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 161 || {{flag|Burma}} || 1.77 || Authoritarian regime || [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 164 || {{flag|Uzbekistan}} || 1.74 || Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 165 || {{flag|Turkmenistan}} || 1.72 ||Authoritarian regime || [[Presidential republic]], [[single-party state]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 166 || {{flag|Chad}} || 1.52 || Authoritarian regime || [[Republic]]
|-bgcolor="#FF8080"
| 167 ||{{sort|Korea, North| {{flag|North Korea}} }}|| 1.08 || Authoritarian regime || ''[[Juche]]'' [[Unitary state|unitary]] [[single-party state]]
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Revision as of 03:26, 16 September 2012

The Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy index map for 2011, with greener colours representing more democratic countries. Countries with DI below 2 (clearly authoritarian) are in dark red.

The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (a private business) that measures the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are United Nations member states. The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation and political culture. The Index was first produced in 2006, with updated lists produced in 2008, 2010 and 2011.

According to the latest issue of the Index, for 2011 Norway scored a total of 9.80 on a scale from zero to ten, keeping its position from 2010, when it replaced Sweden as the highest ranked country in the index. North Korea scored the lowest with 1.08, remaining at the bottom in 167th place, the same as in 2010. The Democracy Index for 2011 highlights the impact of the Arab Spring and the greater effects it might have, as well as the impact of the global financial crisis in 2008–09 on politics throughout most of Europe. The Democracy Index score was lower in 2011 than in 2010 in 48 countries out of the 167 that are covered. It was higher in 41 ranked countries, and it stayed the same in 78.[1]

The countries are categorized into full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes and authoritarian regimes. In nine countries there was a change in regime type between 2010 and 2011; in four of these there was regression. Russia was downgraded from a hybrid regime to an authoritarian regime, which the report attributes to concerns over the December 4 legislative election and Vladimir Putin's decision to run again in the 2012 presidential election.[1] Portugal was also downgraded to the flawed democracy category, attributed to the effects of the global financial crisis. Tunisia, Mauritania, Egypt, and Niger were all upgraded to hybrid regimes, and Zambia moved up to the flawed democracy category.[1]

Methodology

As described in the report, the democracy index is a kind of weighted average based on the answers of 60 questions, each one with either two or three permitted alternative answers. Most answers are "experts' assessments"; the report does not indicate what kinds of experts, nor their number, nor whether the experts are employees of the Economist Intelligence Unit or independent scholars, nor the nationalities of the experts. Some answers are provided by public-opinion surveys from the respective countries. In the case of countries for which survey results are missing, survey results for similar countries and expert assessments are used in order to fill in gaps.

The questions are distributed into the five categories enumerated above. Each answer is translated to a mark, either 0 or 1, or for the three-answer alternative questions, 0.5. With the exceptions mentioned below, seemingly, the sums are added within each category, multiplied by ten, and divided by the total number of questions within the category. There are a few modifying dependencies, which are explained much more precisely than the main rule procedures. In a few cases, an answer yielding zero for one question voids another question; e.g., if the elections for the national legislature and head of government are not considered free (question 1), then the next question, "Are elections... fair?" is not considered, but automatically marked zero. Likewise, there are a few questions considered so important that a low score on them yields a penalty on the total score sum for their respective categories, namely:

  1. "Whether national elections are free and fair";
  2. "The security of voters";
  3. "The influence of foreign powers on government";
  4. "The capability of the civil servants to implement policies".

The five category indices, which all are listed in the report, are then averaged to find the democracy index for a given country. Finally, the democracy index, rounded to one decimal, decides the classification of the country, as quoted:

  1. Full democracies—scores of 8 to 10.
  2. Flawed democracies—scores of 6 to 7.9.
  3. Hybrid regimes—scores of 4 to 5.9.
  4. Authoritarian regimes—scores of 0 to 3.9.

The report discusses other indices of democracy, as defined e.g. by Freedom House, and argues for some of the choices made by the team from the Economist Intelligence Unit. In this comparison, a higher emphasis has been put on the public opinion and attitudes, as measured by public surveys, but on the other hand, economic living standard has not been weighted as one criterion of democracy (as seemingly some other investigators have done).[2][3]

The report is widely cited in the international press as well as cited in peer reviewed academic journals.[4]

Democracy index by regime type

The following table constitutes the number of countries in each category according to 2010 survey.[5]

Type of regime Countries % of countries % of world population
Full democracies 25 15.0 11.3
Flawed democracies 53 31.7 37.1
Hybrid regimes 36 22.2 14.0
Authoritarian regimes 53 31.1 37.6

World population refers to the total population of the 167 countries that are covered. Since this survey excludes only a few countries, this is nearly equal to the entire actual estimated world population in 2010.

Democracy index average by region

The following table constitutes the index average in each region.[5][6][7]

Rank Region 2006 2008 2010 2011
1 Northern America 8.64 8.64 8.63 8.59
2 Western Europe 8.60 8.61 8.45 8.40
3 Latin America & the Caribbean 6.37 6.43 6.37 6.35
4 Asia & Australasia 5.44 5.58 5.53 5.51
5 Central and Eastern Europe 5.76 5.67 5.55 5.50
6 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.24 4.28 4.23 4.32
7 Middle East & North Africa 3.53 3.54 3.43 3.62
Total 5.52 5.55 5.46 5.49

2011 rankings

No. Location Index Category Nominal type of government
1  Norway 9.80 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
2  Iceland 9.65 Full democracy Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
3  Denmark 9.52 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
4  Sweden 9.50 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
5  New Zealand 9.26 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
6  Australia 9.22 Full democracy Federalism, constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
7   Switzerland 9.09 Full democracy Federalism, directorial system, bicameralism
8  Canada 9.08 Full democracy Federalism, constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism,
9  Finland 9.06 Full democracy Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
10  Netherlands 8.99 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
11  Luxembourg 8.88 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
12  Ireland 8.56 Full democracy Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
13  Austria 8.49 Full democracy Federalism, parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
14  Germany 8.34 Full democracy Federalism, parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
15  Malta 8.28 Full democracy Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
16  Czech Republic 8.19 Full democracy Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
17  Uruguay 8.17 Full democracy Presidential system, bicameralism
18  United Kingdom 8.16 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
19  United States 8.11 Full democracy Federalism, constitutional republic, presidential system, bicameralism
20  Costa Rica 8.10 Full democracy Presidential system
21  Japan 8.08 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
22  South Korea 8.06 Full democracy Semi-presidential system, unicameralism
23  Belgium 8.05 Full democracy Federalism, constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
24  Mauritius 8.04 Full democracy Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy
25  Spain 8.02 Full democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
26  Cape Verde 7.92 Flawed democracy Unitary parliamentary republic
27  Portugal 7.81 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy
28  South Africa 7.79 Flawed democracy Constitutional democracy, bicameralism
29  France 7.77 Flawed democracy Semi-presidential system, bicameralism
30  Slovenia 7.76 Flawed democracy Constitutional democracy, incomplete bicameralism
31  Italy 7.74 Flawed democracy Bicameralism, parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy
32  Greece 7.65 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy
33  Botswana 7.63 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
34  Estonia 7.61 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
35  Chile 7.54 Flawed democracy Presidential system, bicameralism
36  Israel 7.53 Flawed democracy Parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
37  Republic of China 7.46 Flawed democracy Semi-presidential system, unicameralism
38  Slovakia 7.35 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
39  India 7.30 Flawed democracy Federalism, parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
40  Cyprus 7.29 Flawed democracy Presidential republic, unicameralism
41  Lithuania 7.24 Flawed democracy Semi-presidential republic, unicameralism
42  Timor-Leste 7.22 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic
43  Trinidad and Tobago 7.16 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic
44  Jamaica 7.13 Flawed democracy Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
45  Poland 7.12 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic, bicameralism
45  Brazil 7.12 Flawed democracy Federalism, presidential system, bicameralism
47  Panama 7.08 Flawed democracy Constitutional democracy
48  Latvia 7.05 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
49  Hungary 7.04 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
50  Mexico 6.93 Flawed democracy Federalism, presidential system, republic
51  Argentina 6.84 Flawed democracy Federalism, presidential system, bicameralism
52  Bulgaria 6.78 Flawed democracy Parliamentary democracy
53  Croatia 6.73 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
54  Suriname 6.65 Flawed democracy Constitutional democracy
55  Colombia 6.63 Flawed democracy Presidential system, republic
56  Peru 6.59 Flawed democracy Presidential system, republic, unicameralism
57  Sri Lanka 6.58 Flawed democracy Semi-presidential system, democratic socialist republic
58  Thailand 6.55 Flawed democracy Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
59  Romania 6.54 Flawed democracy Semi-presidential system, bicameralism
60  Indonesia 6.53 Flawed democracy Presidential system, republic, regional state, bicameralism
61  El Salvador 6.47 Flawed democracy Presidential system, republic
62  Paraguay 6.40 Flawed democracy Constitutional republic, presidential system
63  Mali 6.36 Flawed democracy Semi-presidential system
64  Serbia 6.33 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic
64  Lesotho 6.33 Flawed democracy Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary system
64  Moldova 6.33 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic
67  Papua New Guinea 6.32 Flawed democracy Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
68  Namibia 6.24 Flawed democracy Republic
69  Mongolia 6.23 Flawed democracy Semi-presidential system, republic
70  Dominican Republic 6.20 Flawed democracy Democratic republic, representative democracy
71  Malaysia 6.19 Flawed democracy Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary democracy, Federalism, bicameralism
71  Zambia 6.19 Flawed democracy Presidential system, representative democracy
73  Macedonia 6.16 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic
74  Montenegro 6.15 Flawed democracy Parliamentary republic
75  Philippines 6.12 Flawed democracy Presidential system, constitutional republic, bicameralism
76  Benin 6.06 Flawed democracy Republic
77  Guyana 6.05 Flawed democracy Semi-presidential system, republic
78  Ghana 6.02 Flawed democracy Presidential system, constitutional republic
79  Ukraine 5.94 Hybrid regime Semi-presidential system, republic
80  Hong Kong 5.92 Hybrid regime Quasi-presidential Autonomous region with limited suffrage, unicameralism
81  Singapore 5.89 Hybrid regime Parliamentary republic
82  Guatemala 5.88 Hybrid regime Presidential republic
83  Bangladesh 5.86 Hybrid regime Parliamentary republic, unitary state
84  Bolivia 5.84 Hybrid regime Presidential republic, unitary state
84  Honduras 5.84 Hybrid regime Constitutional republic
86  Malawi 5.82 Hybrid regime Republic
87  Albania 5.81 Hybrid regime Parliamentary republic
88  Turkey 5.73 Hybrid regime Parliamentary republic
89  Ecuador 5.72 Hybrid regime Presidential system
90  Tanzania 5.64 Hybrid regime Republic
91  Nicaragua 5.56 Hybrid regime Presidential republic
92  Tunisia 5.53 Hybrid regime Republic
93  Senegal 5.44 Hybrid regime Semi-presidential system
94  Lebanon 5.32 Hybrid regime Confessionalist parliamentary republic
95  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.24 Hybrid regime Semi-presidential system
96  Uganda 5.13 Hybrid regime Presidential system, republic
97  Venezuela 5.08 Hybrid regime Federalism, presidential system
98  Liberia 5.07 Hybrid regime Presidential republic
99  Palestine 4.97 Hybrid regime Semi-presidential system, parliamentary democracy
100  Mozambique 4.90 Hybrid regime Presidential system
101  Cambodia 4.87 Hybrid regime Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
102  Georgia 4.74 Hybrid regime Semi-presidential system, republic
103  Kenya 4.71 Hybrid regime Presidential system
104  Bhutan 4.57 Hybrid regime Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
105  Pakistan 4.55 Hybrid regime Islamic republic, federalism, parliamentary republic
106  Sierra Leone 4.51 Hybrid regime Constitutional republic
107  Kyrgyzstan 4.34 Hybrid regime Parliamentary republic
108    Nepal 4.24 Hybrid regime Parliamentary republic
109  Mauritania 4.17 Hybrid regime Islamic republic
110  Niger 4.16 Hybrid regime Semi-presidential republic
111  Armenia 4.09 Hybrid regime Presidential republic
112  Iraq 4.03 Hybrid regime Parliamentary republic
113  Burundi 4.01 Hybrid regime Republic
114  Haiti 4.00 Hybrid regime Semi-presidential system, republic
115  Egypt 3.95 Hybrid regime Semi-presidential republic
116  Madagascar 3.93 Authoritarian regime Presidential system
117  Russia 3.92 Authoritarian regime Federalism, semi-presidential system, bicameralism
118  Jordan 3.89 Authoritarian regime Constitutional monarchy
119  Nigeria 3.83 Authoritarian regime Federalism, presidential system
119  Morocco 3.83 Authoritarian regime Constitutional monarchy, bicameralism
121  Ethiopia 3.79 Authoritarian regime Federalism, parliamentary republic
122  Kuwait 3.74 Authoritarian regime Constitutional monarchy
123  Fiji 3.67 Authoritarian regime Military appointed Parliamentary republic
124  Burkina Faso 3.59 Authoritarian regime Semi-presidential system, republic
125  Libya 3.55 Authoritarian regime Provisional Parliamentary republic
126  Cuba 3.52 Authoritarian regime Socialist republic, single-party communist state
126  Comoros 3.52 Authoritarian regime Federal republic
128  Gabon 3.48 Authoritarian regime Republic
129  Togo 3.45 Authoritarian regime Republic
130  Algeria 3.44 Authoritarian regime Semi-presidential system, republic
131  Cameroon 3.41 Authoritarian regime Republic
132  The Gambia 3.38 Authoritarian regime Republic
133  Angola 3.32 Authoritarian regime Presidential system
134  Oman 3.26 Authoritarian regime Islamic absolute monarchy
134  Swaziland 3.26 Authoritarian regime Absolute monarchy
136  Rwanda 3.25 Authoritarian regime Republic
137  Kazakhstan 3.24 Authoritarian regime Presidential system
138  Qatar 3.18 Authoritarian regime Constitutional monarchy
139  Belarus 3.16 Authoritarian regime Presidential system
140  Azerbaijan 3.15 Authoritarian regime Presidential system
141  People's Republic of China 3.14 Authoritarian regime People's democratic dictatorship, single-party communist state
142  Côte d’Ivoire 3.08 Authoritarian regime Semi-presidential system, republic
143  Vietnam 2.96 Authoritarian regime Socialist republic, single-party communist state
144  Bahrain 2.92 Authoritarian regime Constitutional monarchy
145  Republic of the Congo 2.89 Authoritarian regime Republic
146  Guinea 2.79 Authoritarian regime Presidential republic
147  Zimbabwe 2.68 Authoritarian regime Semi-presidential, parliamentary, consociationalist republic
147  Djibouti 2.68 Authoritarian regime Semi-presidential republic
149  United Arab Emirates 2.58 Authoritarian regime Federalism, constitutional monarchy
150  Yemen 2.57 Authoritarian regime Republic
151  Tajikistan 2.51 Authoritarian regime Presidential system
152  Afghanistan 2.48 Authoritarian regime Islamic republic
153  Sudan 2.38 Authoritarian regime Federalism, presidential system, republic
154  Eritrea 2.34 Authoritarian regime Semi-presidential republic
155  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.15 Authoritarian regime Semi-presidential republic
156  Laos 2.10 Authoritarian regime Socialist republic, single-party communist state
157  Guinea-Bissau 1.99 Authoritarian regime Semi-presidential system, republic
157  Syria 1.99 Authoritarian regime Presidential system, single party, republic
159  Iran 1.98 Authoritarian regime Islamic republic
160  Central African Republic 1.82 Authoritarian regime Republic
161  Saudi Arabia 1.77 Authoritarian regime Islamic absolute monarchy
161  Equatorial Guinea 1.77 Authoritarian regime Presidential republic
161  Burma 1.77 Authoritarian regime Unitary presidential republic
164  Uzbekistan 1.74 Authoritarian regime Presidential republic
165  Turkmenistan 1.72 Authoritarian regime Presidential republic, single-party state
166  Chad 1.52 Authoritarian regime Republic
167  North Korea 1.08 Authoritarian regime Juche unitary single-party state

Countries and territories not included in this list

United Nations member states

Dependencies

States with limited recognition

Others

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Democracy Index 2011". Economist Intelligence Unit. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Democracy Index 2010". Direct Democracy. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  3. ^ THE WORLD IN 2OO7: The Economist Intelligence Unit’s index of democracy By Laza Kekic, director, country forecasting services, Economist Intelligence Unit, Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  4. ^ e.g., Journal of International Affairs, More State Than Nation: Lukashenko's Belarus. (Inside the Authoritarian State), September 22, 2011: Manaev, Oleg, Manayeva, Natalie, and Yuran, Dzmitry.
  5. ^ a b "Democracy Index 2010" (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Democracy Index 2008" (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  7. ^ http://www.eiu.com/Handlers/WhitepaperHandler.ashx?fi=Democracy_Index_Final_Dec_2011.pdf&mode=wp

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