Democracy Index

Table columns:
Rank
Country
Score
Electoral process and pluralism
Functioning of government
Political participation
Political culture
Civil liberties
Category

Table rows:
cells: 1
Norway
9.87
10.00
9.64
10.00
10.00
9.71
Full democracy
cells: 2
Iceland
9.58
10.00
9.29
8.89
10.00
9.71
Full democracy
cells: 3
Sweden
9.39
9.58
9.64
8.33
10.00
9.41
Full democracy
cells: 4
New Zealand
9.26
10.00
9.29
8.89
8.13
10.00
Full democracy
cells: 5
Denmark
9.22
10.00
9.29
8.33
9.38
9.12
Full democracy
cells: =6
Ireland
9.15
9.58
7.86
8.33
10.00
10.00
Full democracy
cells: =6
Canada
9.15
9.58
9.64
7.78
8.75
10.00
Full democracy
cells: 8
Australia
9.09
10.00
8.93
7.78
8.75
10.00
Full democracy
cells: 9
Finland
9.03
10.00
8.93
7.78
8.75
9.71
Full democracy
cells: 9
Switzerland
9.03
9.58
9.29
7.78
9.38
9.12
Full democracy
cells: 11
Netherlands
8.89
9.58
9.29
8.33
8.13
9.12
Full democracy
cells: 12
Luxembourg
8.81
10.00
8.93
6.67
8.75
9.71
Full democracy
cells: 13
Germany
8.61
9.58
8.21
8.33
7.50
9.41
Full democracy
cells: 14
United Kingdom
8.53
9.58
7.50
8.33
8.13
9.12
Full democracy
cells: 15
Austria
8.42
9.58
8.21
8.33
6.88
9.12
Full democracy
cells: 16
Mauritius
8.22
9.17
8.21
5.56
8.75
9.41
Full democracy
cells: 17
Malta
8.15
9.17
8.21
6.11
8.75
8.53
Full democracy
cells: 18
Uruguay
8.12
10.00
8.93
4.44
7.50
9.71
Full democracy
cells: 19
Spain
8.08
9.17
7.14
7.78
7.50
8.82
Full democracy
cells: Rank
Country
Score
Electoral process and pluralism
Functioning of government
Political participation
Political culture
Civil liberties
Category
cells: 20
South Korea
8.00
9.17
7.89
7.22
7.50
8.24
Flawed democracy
cells: =21
United States
7.98
9.17
7.14
7.22
8.13
8.24
Flawed democracy
cells: =21
Italy
7.98
9.58
6.43
7.22
8.13
8.53
Flawed democracy
cells: =23
Japan
7.88
8.75
8.21
6.11
7.50
8.82
Flawed democracy
cells: =23
Cape Verde
7.88
9.17
7.86
6.67
6.88
9.12
Flawed democracy
cells: =23
Costa Rica
7.88
9.58
7.14
6.67
6.88
9.12
Flawed democracy
cells: =26
Chile
7.84
9.58
8.57
4.44
7.50
9.12
Flawed democracy
cells: =26
Portugal
7.84
9.58
7.50
6.11
6.88
9.12
Flawed democracy
cells: 28
Botswana
7.81
9.17
7.14
6.11
7.50
9.12
Flawed democracy
cells: 29
France
7.80
9.58
7.50
7.78
5.63
8.53
Flawed democracy
cells: =30
Estonia
7.79
9.58
7.86
6.11
6.88
8.53
Flawed democracy
cells: =30
Israel
7.79
9.17
7.50
8.89
7.50
5.88
Flawed democracy
cells: 32
Belgium
7.78
9.58
8.93
5.00
6.88
8.53
Flawed democracy
cells: 33
Taiwan
7.73
9.58
8.21
6.11
5.63
9.12
Flawed democracy
cells: 34
Czech Republic
7.62
9.58
6.43
6.67
6.88
8.53
Flawed democracy
cells: 35
Cyprus
7.59
9.17
6.43
6.67
6.88
8.82
Flawed democracy
cells: 36
Slovenia
7.50
9.58
6.79
6.67
6.25
8.24
Flawed democracy
cells: 37
Lithuania
7.41
9.58
5.71
6.11
6.25
9.41
Flawed democracy
cells: =38
Greece
7.29
9.58
5.36
6.11
6.88
8.53
Flawed democracy
cells: =38
Jamaica
7.29
9.17
7.14
4.44
6.88
8.82
Flawed democracy
cells: 40
Latvia
7.25
9.58
5.71
5.56
6.88
8.53
Flawed democracy
cells: 41
South Africa
7.24
7.42
7.50
8.33
5.00
7.94
Flawed democracy
cells: 42
India
7.23
9.17
6.97
7.22
5.63
7.35
Flawed democracy
cells: 43
Timor-Leste
7.19
9.08
6.97
5.56
6.88
7.65
Flawed democracy
cells: 44
Slovakia
7.16
9.58
6.97
5.56
5.63
8.24
Flawed democracy
cells: 45
Panama
7.08
9.58
6.97
6.11
5.00
7.94
Flawed democracy
cells: 46
Trinidad and Tobago
7.04
9.58
7.14
5.56
5.00
7.94
Flawed democracy
cells: 47
Bulgaria
7.03
9.17
6.43
7.22
4.38
7.94
Flawed democracy
cells: 48
Argentina
6.96
9.17
5.00
6.11
6.88
7.65
Flawed democracy
cells: 49
Brazil
6.86
9.58
5.36
6.11
3.75
8.24
Flawed democracy
cells: 50
Suriname
6.76
9.17
6.43
5.56
5.00
7.65
Flawed democracy
cells: 51
Philippines
6.71
9.17
5.71
7.22
4.38
7.06
Flawed democracy
cells: 52
Ghana
6.69
8.33
5.71
6.67
6.25
6.47
Flawed democracy
cells: =53
Poland
6.67
9.17
6.07
6.11
4.38
7.65
Flawed democracy
cells: =53
Colombia
6.67
9.17
6.79
4.44
4.38
7.94
Flawed democracy
cells: 55
Dominican Republic
6.66
9.17
5.36
6.11
6.25
7.06
Flawed democracy
cells: =56
Lesotho
6.64
9.17
5.00
6.67
5.63
6.76
Flawed democracy
cells: =56
Hungary
6.64
8.75
6.07
4.44
6.88
7.06
Flawed democracy
cells: 58
Croatia
6.63
9.17
5.36
5.56
5.00
6.76
Flawed democracy
cells: 59
Malaysia
6.54
6.92
7.14
6.11
6.25
7.06
Flawed democracy
cells: 60
Mongolia
6.50
9.17
5.71
5.56
5.00
6.76
Flawed democracy
cells: 61
Peru
6.49
9.17
5.36
5.56
5.00
7.35
Flawed democracy
cells: 62
Sri Lanka
6.48
7.83
7.14
5.00
6.25
6.18
Flawed democracy
cells: 63
Guyana
6.46
8.75
5.71
6.11
4.38
7.35
Flawed democracy
cells: 64
Romania
6.44
9.17
5.71
5.00
4.38
7.94
Flawed democracy
cells: 65
El Salvador
6.43
9.17
5.36
4.44
5.00
7.06
Flawed democracy
cells: =66
Serbia
6.41
8.25
5.36
6.67
5.00
7.35
Flawed democracy
cells: =66
Mexico
6.41
7.83
6.43
7.22
4.38
6.18
Flawed democracy
cells: 68
Indonesia
6.39
6.92
7.14
6.67
5.63
5.59
Flawed democracy
cells: =69
Tunisia
6.32
6.00
5.71
7.78
6.25
5.88
Flawed democracy
cells: =69
Singapore
6.32
4.33
7.86
6.11
6.25
7.06
Flawed democracy
cells: =71
Hong Kong
6.31
3.92
6.07
5.56
7.50
8.53
Flawed democracy
cells: =71
Namibia
6.31
5.67
5.36
6.67
5.63
8.24
Flawed democracy
cells: =71
Paraguay
6.31
8.75
6.07
5.00
4.38
7.35
Flawed democracy
cells: 74
Senegal
6.15
7.50
6.07
4.44
6.25
6.47
Flawed democracy
cells: 75
Papua New Guinea
6.03
6.92
6.07
3.89
5.63
7.65
Flawed democracy
cells: 76
Ecuador
6.02
8.75
4.64
5.56
4.38
6.76
Flawed democracy
cells: Rank
Country
Score
Electoral process and pluralism
Functioning of government
Political participation
Political culture
Civil liberties
Category
cells: 77
Albania
5.98
7.00
4.71
5.56
5.00
7.65
Hybrid regime
cells: 78
Moldova
5.94
7.50
4.64
6.11
4.38
7.06
Hybrid regime
cells: 79
Georgia
5.93
8.67
4.29
6.11
5.00
5.59
Hybrid regime
cells: 80
Guatemala
5.86
7.92
5.71
3.89
5.00
6.76
Hybrid regime
cells: 81
Fiji
5.85
6.58
5.36
6.11
5.63
5.59
Hybrid regime
cells: 82
Honduras
5.72
8.25
5.36
4.44
4.38
6.18
Hybrid regime
cells: =83
Ukraine
5.69
6.17
3.21
6.67
6.25
6.18
Hybrid regime
cells: =83
Montenegro
5.69
6.08
5.36
5.56
4.38
7.06
Hybrid regime
cells: 85
Zambia
5.68
6.17
5.00
3.89
6.88
6.47
Hybrid regime
cells: 86
Mali
5.64
7.42
3.93
4.44
6.25
6.18
Hybrid regime
cells: 87
Benin
5.61
6.50
5.36
5.00
5.63
5.59
Hybrid regime
cells: 88
Macedonia
5.57
6.50
5.00
5.56
3.75
7.06
Hybrid regime
cells: =89
Bolivia
5.49
7.00
4.64
5.00
3.75
7.06
Hybrid regime
cells: =89
Malawi
5.49
6.58
4.29
4.44
6.25
5.88
Hybrid regime
cells: 91
Tanzania
5.47
7.00
5.00
5.00
5.63
4.71
Hybrid regime
cells: 92
Bangladesh
5.43
7.42
5.07
5.00
4.38
5.29
Hybrid regime
cells: 93
Liberia
5.23
7.42
2.57
5.56
5.00
5.59
Hybrid regime
cells: 94
Nepal
5.18
4.33
5.36
5.00
5.63
5.59
Hybrid regime
cells: =95
Kenya
5.11
3.50
5.36
6.67
5.63
4.41
Hybrid regime
cells: =95
Kyrgyzstan
5.11
6.58
2.93
6.67
4.38
5.00
Hybrid regime
cells: =95
Madagascar
5.11
6.08
3.57
5.56
5.63
4.71
Hybrid regime
cells: 98
Uganda
5.09
5.25
3.57
3.89
6.88
5.88
Hybrid regime
cells: 99
Bhutan
5.08
8.33
6.07
2.78
4.38
3.82
Hybrid regime
cells: 100
Turkey
4.88
5.33
6.07
5.00
5.63
2.35
Hybrid regime
cells: =101
Morocco
4.87
5.25
4.64
4.44
5.63
4.41
Hybrid regime
cells: =101
Bosnia and Herzegovina
4.87
6.50
2.93
5.00
3.75
6.18
Hybrid regime
cells: 103
Burkina Faso
4.75
4.42
4.29
4.44
5.63
5.00
Hybrid regime
cells: 104
Lebanon
4.72
3.50
2.57
7.22
5.63
4.71
Hybrid regime
cells: =105
Sierra Leone
4.66
6.58
1.86
3.33
6.25
5.29
Hybrid regime
cells: =105
Nicaragua
4.66
3.42
3.29
3.89
5.63
7.06
Hybrid regime
cells: 107
Thailand
4.63
3.00
4.29
5.00
5.00
5.88
Hybrid regime
cells: 108
Palestine
4.46
3.83
2.50
7.78
4.38
3.82
Hybrid regime
cells: 109
Nigeria
4.44
6.08
4.64
3.33
3.75
4.41
Hybrid regime
cells: 110
Pakistan
4.26
6.50
5.36
2.22
2.50
4.71
Hybrid regime
cells: 111
Armenia
4.11
5.25
2.86
5.00
1.88
5.59
Hybrid regime
cells: 112
Iraq
4.09
4.33
0.07
7.22
5.00
3.82
Hybrid regime
cells: 113
Gambia
4.06
4.48
3.93
3.33
5.63
2.94
Hybrid regime
cells: 114
Haiti
4.03
5.17
2.21
2.22
4.38
6.18
Hybrid regime
cells: 115
Mozambique
4.02
4.42
2.14
5.00
5.00
3.53
Hybrid regime
cells: Rank
Country
Score
Electoral process and pluralism
Functioning of government
Political participation
Political culture
Civil liberties
Category
cells: 116
Ivory Coast
3.93
4.42
2.14
3.33
5.63
4.12
Authoritarian
cells: =117
Jordan
3.87
3.58
4.29
3.89
4.38
3.24
Authoritarian
cells: =117
Venezuela
3.87
2.17
2.86
6.11
4.38
3.82
Authoritarian
cells: 119
Kuwait
3.85
3.17
4.29
3.89
4.38
3.53
Authoritarian
cells: 120
Myanmar
3.83
3.67
3.93
3.89
5.63
2.06
Authoritarian
cells: 121
Mauritania
3.82
3.00
3.57
5.00
3.13
4.41
Authoritarian
cells: 122
Niger
3.76
5.25
1.14
3.33
4.38
4.71
Authoritarian
cells: 123
Comoros
3.71
4.33
2.21
4.44
3.75
3.82
Authoritarian
cells: 124
Cambodia
3.63
1.33
5.71
2.22
5.63
3.24
Authoritarian
cells: 125
Angola
3.62
1.75
2.86
5.56
5.00
2.94
Authoritarian
cells: =126
Gabon
3.61
2.58
2.21
4.44
5.00
3.82
Authoritarian
cells: =126
Cameroon
3.61
4.00
2.86
3.89
4.38
2.94
Authoritarian
cells: 128
Algeria
3.56
2.58
2.21
3.89
5.00
4.12
Authoritarian
cells: 129
Ethiopia
3.42
0.00
3.57
5.56
5.63
2.35
Authoritarian
cells: 130
Egypt
3.36
3.58
3.21
3.33
3.75
2.94
Authoritarian
cells: 131
Cuba
3.31
1.33
4.29
3.89
4.38
2.65
Authoritarian
cells: 132
Republic of the Congo
3.25
3.17
2.50
3.89
3.75
2.94
Authoritarian
cells: =133
Qatar
3.19
0.00
4.29
2.22
5.63
3.82
Authoritarian
cells: =133
Rwanda
3.19
0.83
5.00
2.78
4.38
2.94
Authoritarian
cells: 135
Russia
3.17
2.17
1.79
5.00
2.50
4.41
Authoritarian
cells: 136
Zimbabwe
3.16
0.50
2.00
4.44
5.63
3.24
Authoritarian
cells: 137
Guinea
3.14
3.50
0.43
4.44
4.38
2.94
Authoritarian
cells: 138
Belarus
3.13
0.92
2.86
3.89
5.63
2.35
Authoritarian
cells: 139
China
3.10
0.00
5.00
2.78
6.25
1.47
Authoritarian
cells: 140
Vietnam
3.08
0.00
3.21
3.89
5.63
2.65
Authoritarian
cells: 141
Kazakhstan
3.06
0.50
2.14
4.44
4.38
3.82
Authoritarian
cells: 142
Togo
3.05
3.17
0.79
2.78
5.00
3.53
Authoritarian
cells: 143
Oman
3.04
0.00
3.93
2.78
4.38
4.12
Authoritarian
cells: 144
Swaziland
3.03
0.92
2.86
2.22
5.63
3.53
Authoritarian
cells: 145
Djibouti
2.76
0.42
1.79
3.33
5.63
2.65
Authoritarian
cells: 146
Bahrain
2.71
0.83
3.21
2.78
4.38
2.35
Authoritarian
cells: 147
United Arab Emirates
2.69
0.00
3.57
2.22
5.00
2.65
Authoritarian
cells: 148
Azerbaijan
2.65
0.50
2.14
3.33
3.75
3.53
Authoritarian
cells: 149
Afghanistan
2.55
2.50
1.14
2.78
2.50
3.82
Authoritarian
cells: 150
Iran
2.45
0.00
3.21
4.44
3.13
1.47
Authoritarian
cells: =151
Eritrea
2.37
0.00
2.14
1.67
6.88
1.18
Authoritarian
cells: =151
Laos
2.37
0.83
2.86
1.67
5.00
1.47
Authoritarian
cells: 153
Burundi
2.33
0.00
0.43
3.89
5.00
2.35
Authoritarian
cells: 154
Libya
2.32
1.00
0.36
1.67
5.63
2.94
Authoritarian
cells: 155
Sudan
2.15
0.00
1.79
2.78
5.00
1.18
Authoritarian
cells: 156
Yemen
2.07
0.00
0.00
4.44
5.00
0.88
Authoritarian
cells: 157
Guinea-Bissau
1.98
1.67
0.00
2.78
3.13
2.35
Authoritarian
cells: 158
Uzbekistan
1.95
0.08
1.86
2.22
5.00
0.59
Authoritarian
cells: =159
Saudi Arabia
1.93
0.00
2.86
2.22
3.13
1.47
Authoritarian
cells: =159
Tajikistan
1.93
0.08
0.79
1.67
6.25
0.88
Authoritarian
cells: 161
Equatorial Guinea
1.81
0.00
0.43
2.78
4.38
1.47
Authoritarian
cells: 162
Turkmenistan
1.72
0.00
0.79
2.22
5.00
0.59
Authoritarian
cells: 163
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1.61
0.50
0.71
2.22
3.75
0.88
Authoritarian
cells: 164
Central African Republic
1.52
2.25
0.00
1.11
1.88
2.35
Authoritarian
cells: 165
Chad
1.50
0.00
0.00
1.11
3.75
2.65
Authoritarian
cells: 166
Syria
1.43
0.00
0.00
2.78
4.38
0.00
Authoritarian
cells: 167
North Korea
1.08
0.00
2.50
1.67
1.25
0.00
Authoritarian
cells: Rank
Country
Score
Electoral process and pluralism
Functioning of government
Political participation
Political culture
Civil liberties
Category

Questions about this table:
originalText: name any 4 democratic countries of the world
answer: answerTexts: New Zealand
Sweden
Iceland
Norway