{"id":9099,"date":"2018-07-11T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/?p=9099"},"modified":"2021-03-10T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T12:18:17","slug":"democracy-index-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofworld.com\/answers\/government\/democracy-index-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Index: What countries are democratically strong?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\"World<\/a><\/p>\n

The United Kingdom-based Economic Intelligence Unit has been releasing the Democracy Index since 2006 to assess the state of democracy in the nations around the world. The 2017 Democracy Index, which has considered 167 countries, states that almost half of the world population is residing in some form of democracy, and no region has observed an improvement in its average score since 2016.<\/p>\n

What is the Democracy Index?<\/h2>\n

Five basic categories that are taken into account before releasing the index are: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture. In this year\u2019s report, Freedom of expression is noticed to be facing new challenges. The index has scored nations between 1 to 10 points where 10 is the best, while 1 is the worst.<\/p>\n

According to the report, only 19 nations have full democracy, as the majority of the countries which are considered \u201cdemocratic\u201d are flawed.<\/p>\n

In the 2017 report, Norway<\/strong> is the strongest democracy in the world with a score of 9.87 out of 10. Coming at the second and the third spot are Iceland and Sweden<\/strong>, which have scores of 9.58 and 9.39, respectively. Other nations that have scores of 9 and above are New Zealand, Denmark, Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, and Australia.<\/p>\n

It was in the 2016 Democracy Index, that even the\u00a0United States<\/strong> dropped from \u201cfull democracy\u201d to \u201cflawed\u201d, and it still is with a score of 7.98. Other countries having scores between 7 and 9 are the United Kingdom, India, Chile, Belgium, South Africa, France<\/strong> etc.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile countries such as Colombia, Bangladesh Indonesia, Argentina, Hungary, Lesotho, Sri Lanka, to name a few stand midways with scores ranging between 5 and 7.<\/p>\n

Countries that have scored poorly on the 2017 Democracy Index and have a score of less than 3 are Gambia, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Sudan, Libya, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, among others. North Korea has been rated as the least democratic country in the world. The nation has been placed at the bottom of the table and has a score of just 1.08 out of 10.<\/p>\n

The table below provides information on the 2017 Democracy Index score of each nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
RANK<\/strong><\/td>\nCOUNTRY<\/strong><\/td>\nSCORE<\/strong><\/td>\nCATEGORY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n\u00a0Norway<\/td>\n9.87<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n\u00a0Iceland<\/td>\n9.58<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n\u00a0Sweden<\/td>\n9.39<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n\u00a0New Zealand<\/td>\n9.26<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n\u00a0Denmark<\/td>\n9.22<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n\u00a0Ireland<\/td>\n9.15<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n\u00a0Canada<\/td>\n9.15<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\n\u00a0Australia<\/td>\n9.09<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n\u00a0Finland<\/td>\n9.03<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\n\u00a0Switzerland<\/td>\n9.03<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\n\u00a0Netherlands<\/td>\n8.89<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\n\u00a0Luxembourg<\/td>\n8.81<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\n\u00a0Germany<\/td>\n8.61<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\n\u00a0United Kingdom<\/td>\n8.53<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n\u00a0Austria<\/td>\n8.42<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\n\u00a0Mauritius<\/td>\n8.22<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\n\u00a0Malta<\/td>\n8.15<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n\u00a0Uruguay<\/td>\n8.12<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n\u00a0Spain<\/td>\n8.08<\/td>\nFull democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n\u00a0South Korea<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n\u00a0United States of America<\/td>\n7.98<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n\u00a0Italy<\/td>\n7.98<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n\u00a0Japan<\/td>\n7.88<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n\u00a0Cape Verde<\/td>\n7.88<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n\u00a0Costa Rica<\/td>\n7.88<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n\u00a0Chile<\/td>\n7.84<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n\u00a0Portugal<\/td>\n7.84<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n\u00a0Botswana<\/td>\n7.81<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\n\u00a0France<\/td>\n7.8<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n\u00a0Estonia<\/td>\n7.79<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n\u00a0Israel<\/td>\n7.79<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n\u00a0Belgium<\/td>\n7.78<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n\u00a0Taiwan<\/td>\n7.73<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n\u00a0Czech Republic<\/td>\n7.62<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n\u00a0Cyprus<\/td>\n7.59<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n\u00a0Slovenia<\/td>\n7.5<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n\u00a0Lithuania<\/td>\n7.41<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n\u00a0Greece<\/td>\n7.29<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n\u00a0Jamaica<\/td>\n7.29<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n\u00a0Latvia<\/td>\n7.25<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n\u00a0South Africa<\/td>\n7.24<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n\u00a0India<\/td>\n7.23<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n\u00a0Timor-Leste<\/td>\n7.19<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\n\u00a0Slovakia<\/td>\n7.16<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n\u00a0Panama<\/td>\n7.08<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n\u00a0Trinidad and Tobago<\/td>\n7.04<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\n\u00a0Bulgaria<\/td>\n7.03<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\n\u00a0Argentina<\/td>\n6.96<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\n\u00a0Brazil<\/td>\n6.86<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\n\u00a0Suriname<\/td>\n6.76<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n\u00a0Philippines<\/td>\n6.71<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\n\u00a0Ghana<\/td>\n6.69<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n\u00a0Poland<\/td>\n6.67<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n\u00a0Colombia<\/td>\n6.67<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\n\u00a0Dominican Republic<\/td>\n6.66<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n\u00a0Lesotho<\/td>\n6.64<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n\u00a0Hungary<\/td>\n6.64<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\n\u00a0Croatia<\/td>\n6.63<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\n\u00a0Malaysia<\/td>\n6.54<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n\u00a0Mongolia<\/td>\n6.5<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n\u00a0Peru<\/td>\n6.49<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\n\u00a0Sri Lanka<\/td>\n6.48<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\n\u00a0Guyana<\/td>\n6.46<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\n\u00a0Romania<\/td>\n6.44<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n\u00a0El Salvador<\/td>\n6.43<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n\u00a0Serbia<\/td>\n6.41<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n\u00a0Mexico<\/td>\n6.41<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\n\u00a0Indonesia<\/td>\n6.39<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\n\u00a0Tunisia<\/td>\n6.32<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\n\u00a0Singapore<\/td>\n6.32<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n\u00a0Hong Kong<\/td>\n6.31<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n\u00a0Namibia<\/td>\n6.31<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n\u00a0Paraguay<\/td>\n6.31<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\n\u00a0Senegal<\/td>\n6.15<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n\u00a0Papua New Guinea<\/td>\n6.03<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\n\u00a0Ecuador<\/td>\n6.02<\/td>\nFlawed democracy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\n\u00a0Albania<\/td>\n5.98<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\n\u00a0Moldova<\/td>\n5.94<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\n\u00a0Georgia<\/td>\n5.93<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\n\u00a0Guatemala<\/td>\n5.86<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\n\u00a0Fiji<\/td>\n5.85<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n\u00a0Honduras<\/td>\n5.72<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n\u00a0Ukraine<\/td>\n5.69<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n\u00a0Montenegro<\/td>\n5.69<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\n\u00a0Zambia<\/td>\n5.68<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\n\u00a0Mali<\/td>\n5.64<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n\u00a0Benin<\/td>\n5.61<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\n\u00a0Macedonia<\/td>\n5.57<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\n\u00a0Bolivia<\/td>\n5.49<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\n\u00a0Malawi<\/td>\n5.49<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\n\u00a0Tanzania<\/td>\n5.47<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\n\u00a0Bangladesh<\/td>\n5.43<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\n\u00a0Liberia<\/td>\n5.23<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nepal<\/td>\n5.18<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\n\u00a0Kenya<\/td>\n5.11<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\n\u00a0Kyrgyzstan<\/td>\n5.11<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
95<\/td>\n\u00a0Madagascar<\/td>\n5.11<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\n\u00a0Uganda<\/td>\n5.09<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\n\u00a0Bhutan<\/td>\n5.08<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\n\u00a0Turkey<\/td>\n4.88<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\n\u00a0Morocco<\/td>\n4.87<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\n\u00a0Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/td>\n4.87<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\n\u00a0Burkina Faso<\/td>\n4.75<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\n\u00a0Lebanon<\/td>\n4.72<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\n\u00a0Sierra Leone<\/td>\n4.66<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\n\u00a0Nicaragua<\/td>\n4.66<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\n\u00a0Thailand<\/td>\n4.63<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\n\u00a0Palestine<\/td>\n4.46<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\n\u00a0Nigeria<\/td>\n4.44<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\n\u00a0Pakistan<\/td>\n4.26<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\n\u00a0Armenia<\/td>\n4.11<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\n\u00a0Iraq<\/td>\n4.09<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\n\u00a0Gambia<\/td>\n4.06<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\n\u00a0Haiti<\/td>\n4.03<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\n\u00a0Mozambique<\/td>\n4.02<\/td>\nHybrid regime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\n\u00a0Ivory Coast<\/td>\n3.93<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\n\u00a0Jordan<\/td>\n3.87<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\n\u00a0Venezuela<\/td>\n3.87<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\n\u00a0Kuwait<\/td>\n3.85<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120<\/td>\n\u00a0Myanmar<\/td>\n3.83<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\n\u00a0Mauritania<\/td>\n3.82<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\n\u00a0Niger<\/td>\n3.76<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
123<\/td>\n\u00a0Comoros<\/td>\n3.71<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\n\u00a0Cambodia<\/td>\n3.63<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\n\u00a0Angola<\/td>\n3.62<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
126<\/td>\n\u00a0Gabon<\/td>\n3.61<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
126<\/td>\n\u00a0Cameroon<\/td>\n3.61<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
128<\/td>\n\u00a0Algeria<\/td>\n3.56<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
129<\/td>\n\u00a0Ethiopia<\/td>\n3.42<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\n\u00a0Egypt<\/td>\n3.36<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131<\/td>\n\u00a0Cuba<\/td>\n3.31<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
132<\/td>\n\u00a0Republic of the Congo<\/td>\n3.25<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\n\u00a0Qatar<\/td>\n3.19<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\n\u00a0Rwanda<\/td>\n3.19<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\n\u00a0Russia<\/td>\n3.17<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
136<\/td>\n\u00a0Zimbabwe<\/td>\n3.16<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
137<\/td>\n\u00a0Guinea<\/td>\n3.14<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
138<\/td>\n\u00a0Belarus<\/td>\n3.13<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
138<\/td>\n\u00a0China<\/td>\n3.13<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\n\u00a0Vietnam<\/td>\n3.08<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
141<\/td>\n\u00a0Kazakhstan<\/td>\n3.06<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
142<\/td>\n\u00a0Togo<\/td>\n3.05<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
143<\/td>\n\u00a0Oman<\/td>\n3.04<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
144<\/td>\n\u00a0Swaziland<\/td>\n3.03<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
145<\/td>\n\u00a0Djibouti<\/td>\n2.76<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
146<\/td>\n\u00a0Bahrain<\/td>\n2.71<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
147<\/td>\n\u00a0United Arab Emirates<\/td>\n2.69<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
148<\/td>\n\u00a0Azerbaijan<\/td>\n2.65<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
149<\/td>\n\u00a0Afghanistan<\/td>\n2.55<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150<\/td>\n\u00a0Iran<\/td>\n2.45<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151<\/td>\n\u00a0Eritrea<\/td>\n2.37<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151<\/td>\n\u00a0Laos<\/td>\n2.37<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/td>\n\u00a0Burundi<\/td>\n2.33<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\n\u00a0Libya<\/td>\n2.32<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
155<\/td>\n\u00a0Sudan<\/td>\n2.15<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\n\u00a0Yemen<\/td>\n2.07<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/td>\n\u00a0Guinea-Bissau<\/td>\n1.98<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
158<\/td>\n\u00a0Uzbekistan<\/td>\n1.95<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
159<\/td>\n\u00a0Saudi Arabia<\/td>\n1.93<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
159<\/td>\n\u00a0Tajikistan<\/td>\n1.93<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
161<\/td>\n\u00a0Equatorial Guinea<\/td>\n1.81<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
162<\/td>\n\u00a0Turkmenistan<\/td>\n1.72<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
163<\/td>\n\u00a0Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/td>\n1.61<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
164<\/td>\n\u00a0Central African Republic<\/td>\n1.52<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
165<\/td>\n\u00a0Chad<\/td>\n1.5<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
166<\/td>\n\u00a0Syria<\/td>\n1.43<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
167<\/td>\n\u00a0North Korea<\/td>\n1.08<\/td>\nAuthoritarian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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