For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...

The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. In the latest edition, corresponding to the year 2024, only 25 countries, representing 6.6% of the world ...

IN THEORY THIS year should be a triumphant one for democracy. More people are expected to vote in national elections in 2024 than ever before. But many elections will be problematic. This year’s ...

After the most election-heavy year in recent history, democracy has hit a record low around the world, according to a new study. The global democracy index score is at just 5.17 out of 10, its lowest ...

Cyprus slipped three places in its score for the Democracy Index 2024, ranking 40 th out of 167 countries. The index, developed by Economist Intelligence, listed Cyprus as a flawed democracy, along ...

The Democracy Index 2024 report, published by the British newspaper The Economist today, ranked Morocco 91st globally out of ...

South Africa’s democratic decline is evident in a democracy index published by EIU, our sister company, on February 15th. It showed that South Africa ranked 47th out of 167 countries in the global ...

"In 2024, the same year democracy levels hit their lowest point since The Economist's Democracy Index was created in 2006, RSF noted that journalists’ work was increasingly obstructed by political ...

IT IS DIFFICULT for a democracy to spread its values abroad when it is undermining them at home. Joe Biden, America’s president, knows that all too well. In his presidential campaign in 2020 he ...