Polity IV

The Polity IV scale is a yearly assessment that assesses most sovereign states with a population above 500,000. They are split into five categories: full democracies, democracies, open anocracies, closed anocracies, and autocracies.

Status by country:

Full Democracies (Score of 10):

United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan

Democracies (Score of 9 to 6):

Mexico (8 points)
Brazil (8 points)
France (9 points)
Turkey (9 points)
India (9 points)

Open anocracies (Score of 5 to 1):

Venezuela (4 points)
Nigeria (5 points)
Russia (4 points)

Closed anocracies (Score of -1 to -5):

Morocco (-3 points)
Egypt (-3 points)
Afghanistan (-1 point)

Autocracies (Score of -6 to -10):

Cuba (-7 points)
Syria (-9 points)
Iran (-7 points)
China (-7 points)
North Korea (-10 points)

Category:Democracy