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Learn about the different types, elements, and indicators of democracy, and see the rankings of 167 countries based on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index. Find out why the United States is a flawed democracy and how it compares to other nations.
Democracy Ranking refers to countries (country-based democracies) with a population of one million or more and that are classified by Freedom House as "free" or at least as "partly free" (see also the Freedom House report ).
RankCountryScorePolitical System187.199.2286.792.2386.297.4486.099.7The index includes 167 countries and territories, of which 166 are sovereign states and 164 are UN member states. Other democracy indices with similar assessments of the state of democracy [1] include V-Dem Democracy indices or Bertelsmann Transformation Index .
Explore how different sources measure democracy in countries around the world. Compare democracy indices by EIU, BTI, V-Dem, Freedom House, Polity and more.
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Explore how democracy has spread across countries, how it differs between them, and whether we are moving towards a more democratic world. Find data, visualizations, and writing on democracy from various sources and topics, such as human rights, LGBT+, and electoral democracies.
Country Rankings. This year, we have included annual global rankings of country performance for each of the categories of democratic performance—Representation, Rights, Rule of Law, and Participation— rather than classifying regimes on an overall basis.
