The Economist Democracy Index charges international locations on the state of their governing system every year. Within the newest printed version, akin to the yr 2022, solely 24 international locations on the planet have been rated as ‘full democracies’, representing 8% of the world’s inhabitants.

This class contains all Scandinavian international locations, a number of Western European nations, in addition to Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Mauritius, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Latin American international locations Uruguay, Costa Rica and Chile.

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With an total common rating of 5.29 out of 10, nearly the identical because the earlier yr (5.28), the index reveals a worldwide stagnation that consultants didn’t anticipate, because it had been projected that after the pandemic extra nations would discover democratic stability.

It’s estimated that 37% of the world’s inhabitants lives underneath authoritarian rule (59 of the 167 international locations and territories analyzed).

Russia recorded the biggest democratic decline of all international locations on the planet, falling 22 locations from the earlier rating to 146th.

Globally, the three worst-rated international locations are Afghanistan, Myanmar and North Korea.

On the different excessive, Norway, New Zealand and Iceland are ranked as essentially the most democratic international locations on the planet.