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  1. Interactive Map. Use the fields on the left to see a customized view of the state of democracy around the world this month. Annual Values. Event Assessments. Representation. Rights. Rule of Law. Participation. 1 0.

    • The Americas
    • Africa
    • Europe
    • Oceania and East Asia
    • Central Asia and The Middle East

    One of the best performers year-over-year was Chile, with its score increasing by nearly 0.3. The country moved out of the flawed democracy category last year, largely because of the shift towards constitutional reform alongside President Gabriel Boric moving towards the political center, reducing polarization. Only three other countries in the Ame...

    The only full democracy in Africa is the small, island nation of Mauritius. Overall, Africa is one of the lowest scoring regions with only five of the continent’s 54 countries ranking as some type of democracy. Tunisia’sscore decreased significantly in 2022. President Kais Saied dismissed parliament early in the year and took control of the elector...

    Spain and Franceregained status as full democracies in 2022, mainly improving in the civil liberties and functioning of government categories thanks to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. However, both countries face political polarization; in Spain this is largely exemplified in the attitudes surrounding the Catalan separatist movement. Some of t...

    In this region, levels of democracy were severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hong Kong only removed restrictive policies like mask mandates in early 2023. In contrast, Thailandlifted these restrictions a year prior, providing more individual freedom, according to the report. Malaysia’sfairly high score of 7.3 could face scrutiny, as the for...

    Finally, in the Middle East and Central Asia, there are no full democracies at all. The lowest scoring country globally is Afghanistanat only 0.32. Israel, the only democracy of any kind of the region, actually moved down six spots in the global ranking from the year prior. Its lowest scoring category in 2022 was civil liberties. This year, the cou...

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  3. May 13, 2022 · Meanwhile, there are 14 countries that are hybrid regimes, six countries under flawed democracy, and only one country, Mauritius, is considered a full democracy. In North Africa, four countries are considered authoritarian regimes: Sudan, Egypt, Libya, and Algeria.

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  5. Freedom in the World assigns a freedom score and status to 210 countries and territories. Click on the countries to learn more.

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