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region country democ_index_sc democ_index_rk democ_index_reg_rk pluralism government_functioning political_participation political_culture civil_liberties regime media_freedom_sc media_freedom_rk media_freedom_status
North America Canada 9.15 6 1 9.58 9.64 7.78 8.75 10 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
North America United States 7.85 26 2 9.17 7.14 7.22 7.5 8.24 Flawed democracy 10 1 fully free
Western Europe Norway 9.87 1 1 10 9.64 10 10 9.71 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe Iceland 9.58 2 2 10 9.29 8.89 10 9.71 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
Western Europe Sweden 9.39 3 3 9.58 9.64 8.33 10 9.41 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
Western Europe Denmark 9.22 5 4 10 9.29 8.33 9.38 9.12 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
Western Europe Ireland 9.15 6 5 9.58 7.86 8.33 10 10 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
Western Europe Finland 9.03 9 6 10 8.93 7.78 8.75 9.71 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
Western Europe Switzerland 9.03 9 6 9.58 9.29 7.78 9.38 9.12 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe Netherlands 8.89 11 8 9.58 9.29 8.33 8.13 9.12 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe Luxembourg 8.81 12 9 10 8.93 6.67 8.75 9.71 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
Western Europe Germany 8.61 13 10 9.58 8.21 8.33 7.5 9.41 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe United Kingdom 8.53 14 11 9.58 7.5 8.33 8.13 9.12 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe Austria 8.42 15 12 9.58 8.21 8.33 6.88 9.12 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe Malta 8.15 17 13 9.17 8.21 6.11 8.75 8.53 Full democracy 8 31 partly free
Western Europe Spain 8.08 19 14 9.17 7.14 7.78 7.5 8.82 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe Italy 7.98 21 15 9.58 6.43 7.22 8.13 8.53 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Western Europe Portugal 7.84 26 16 9.58 7.5 6.11 6.88 9.12 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe France 7.8 29 17 9.58 7.5 7.78 5.63 8.53 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe Belgium 7.78 32 18 9.58 8.93 5 6.88 8.53 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Western Europe Cyprus 7.59 35 19 9.17 6.43 6.67 6.88 8.82 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Western Europe Greece 7.29 38 20 9.58 5.36 6.11 6.88 8.53 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Western Europe Turkey 4.88 100 21 5.33 6.07 5 5.63 2.35 Hybrid regime 0 154 unfree
Latin America & the Caribbean Uruguay 8.12 18 1 10 8.93 4.44 7.5 9.71 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Latin America & the Caribbean Costa Rica 7.88 23 2 9.58 7.14 6.67 6.88 9.12 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Chile 7.84 26 3 9.58 8.57 4.44 7.5 9.12 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Latin America & the Caribbean Jamaica 7.29 38 4 9.17 7.14 4.44 6.88 8.82 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Latin America & the Caribbean Panama 7.08 45 5 9.58 6.79 6.11 5 7.94 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago 7.04 46 6 9.58 7.14 5.56 5 7.94 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Argentina 6.96 48 7 9.17 5 6.11 6.88 7.65 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Brazil 6.86 49 8 9.58 5.36 6.11 5 8.24 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Suriname 6.76 50 9 9.17 6.43 5.56 5 7.65 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Colombia 6.67 53 10 9.17 6.79 4.44 5 7.94 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Latin America & the Caribbean Dominican Republic 6.66 55 11 9.17 5.36 6.11 5.63 7.06 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Peru 6.49 61 12 9.17 5.36 5.56 5 7.35 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Guyana 6.46 63 13 8.75 5.71 6.11 4.38 7.35 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean El Salvador 6.43 65 14 9.17 5.36 5.56 5 7.06 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Latin America & the Caribbean Mexico 6.41 66 15 7.83 6.43 7.22 4.38 6.18 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Latin America & the Caribbean Paraguay 6.31 71 16 8.75 6.07 5 4.38 7.35 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Ecuador 6.02 76 17 8.75 4.64 5.56 4.38 6.76 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Latin America & the Caribbean Guatemala 5.86 80 18 7.92 5.71 3.89 5 6.76 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Honduras 5.72 82 19 8.25 5.36 4.44 4.38 6.18 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Latin America & the Caribbean Bolivia 5.49 89 20 7 4.64 5 3.75 7.06 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Nicaragua 4.66 105 21 3.42 3.29 3.89 5.63 7.06 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Latin America & the Caribbean Haiti 4.03 114 22 5.17 2.21 2.22 4.38 6.18 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Latin America & the Caribbean Venezuela 3.87 117 23 2.17 2.86 6.11 4.38 3.82 Authoritarian 5 109 largely unfree
Latin America & the Caribbean Cuba 3.31 131 24 1.33 4.29 3.89 4.38 2.65 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Asia & Australasia New Zealand 9.26 4 1 10 9.29 8.89 8.13 10 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
Asia & Australasia Australia 9.09 8 2 10 8.93 7.78 8.75 10 Full democracy 10 1 fully free
Asia & Australasia South Korea 8 20 3 9.17 7.86 7.22 7.5 8.24 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Asia & Australasia Japan 7.88 23 4 8.75 8.21 6.11 7.5 8.82 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Asia & Australasia Taiwan 7.73 33 5 9.58 8.21 6.11 5.63 9.12 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Asia & Australasia India 7.23 42 6 9.17 6.79 7.22 5.63 7.35 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Asia & Australasia Timor-Leste 7.19 43 7 9.08 6.79 5.56 6.88 7.65 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Asia & Australasia Philippines 6.71 51 8 9.17 5.71 7.22 4.38 7.06 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Asia & Australasia Malaysia 6.54 59 9 6.92 7.86 6.11 6.25 5.59 Flawed democracy 5 109 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Mongolia 6.5 60 10 9.17 5.71 5.56 5 7.06 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Sri Lanka 6.48 62 11 7.83 7.14 5 6.25 6.18 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Indonesia 6.39 68 12 6.92 7.14 6.67 5.63 5.59 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Singapore 6.32 69 13 4.33 7.86 6.11 6.25 7.06 Flawed democracy 3 132 unfree
Asia & Australasia Hong Kong 6.31 71 14 3.92 6.07 5.56 7.5 8.53 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Papua New Guinea 6.03 75 15 6.92 6.07 3.89 5.63 7.65 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Asia & Australasia Fiji 5.85 81 16 6.58 5.36 6.11 5.63 5.59 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Bangladesh 5.43 92 17 7.42 5.07 5 4.38 5.29 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Asia & Australasia Nepal 5.18 94 18 4.33 5.36 5 5.63 5.59 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Bhutan 5.08 99 19 8.33 6.07 2.78 4.38 3.82 Hybrid regime 4 121 unfree
Asia & Australasia Thailand 4.63 107 20 3 4.29 5 5 5.88 Hybrid regime 4 121 unfree
Asia & Australasia Pakistan 4.26 110 21 6.5 5.36 2.22 2.5 4.71 Hybrid regime 5 109 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Myanmar 3.83 120 22 3.67 3.93 3.89 5.63 2.06 Authoritarian 4 121 unfree
Asia & Australasia Cambodia 3.63 124 23 1.33 5.71 2.22 5.63 3.24 Authoritarian 3 132 unfree
Asia & Australasia China 3.1 139 24 0 5 2.78 6.25 1.47 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Asia & Australasia Vietnam 3.08 140 25 0 3.21 3.89 5.63 2.65 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Asia & Australasia Afghanistan 2.55 149 26 2.5 1.14 2.78 2.5 3.82 Authoritarian 6 71 largely unfree
Asia & Australasia Laos 2.37 151 27 0.83 2.86 1.67 5 1.47 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Asia & Australasia North Korea 1.08 167 28 0 2.5 1.67 1.25 0 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Eastern Europe Estonia 7.79 30 1 9.58 7.86 6.11 6.88 8.53 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Eastern Europe Czech Republic 7.62 34 2 9.58 6.43 6.67 6.88 8.53 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Eastern Europe Slovenia 7.5 36 3 9.58 6.79 6.67 6.25 8.24 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Eastern Europe Lithuania 7.41 37 4 9.58 5.71 6.11 6.25 9.41 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Eastern Europe Latvia 7.25 40 5 9.58 5.71 5.56 6.88 8.53 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Eastern Europe Slovakia 7.16 44 6 9.58 6.79 5.56 5.63 8.24 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Eastern Europe Bulgaria 7.03 47 7 9.17 6.43 7.22 4.38 7.94 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Eastern Europe Poland 6.67 53 8 9.17 6.07 6.11 4.38 7.65 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Hungary 6.64 56 9 8.75 6.07 4.44 6.88 7.06 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Croatia 6.63 58 10 9.17 6.07 5.56 5 7.35 Flawed democracy 7 49 partly free
Eastern Europe Romania 6.44 64 11 9.17 5.71 5 4.38 7.94 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Eastern Europe Serbia 6.41 66 12 8.25 5.36 6.11 5 7.35 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Albania 5.98 77 13 7 4.71 5.56 5 7.65 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Eastern Europe Moldova 5.94 78 14 7.5 4.64 6.11 4.38 7.06 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Georgia 5.93 79 15 8.67 4.29 6.11 5 5.59 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Eastern Europe Ukraine 5.69 83 16 6.17 3.21 6.67 6.25 6.18 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Montenegro 5.69 83 17 6.08 5.36 5.56 4.38 7.06 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Macedonia 5.57 88 18 6.5 5 5.56 3.75 7.06 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Eastern Europe Kyrgyz Republic 5.11 95 19 6.58 2.93 6.67 4.38 5 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Bosnia and Hercegovina 4.87 101 20 6.5 2.93 5 3.75 6.18 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Armenia 4.11 111 21 5.25 2.86 5 1.88 5.59 Hybrid regime 5 109 largely unfree
Eastern Europe Russia 3.17 135 22 2.17 1.79 5 2.5 4.41 Authoritarian 2 139 unfree
Eastern Europe Belarus 3.13 138 23 0.92 2.86 3.89 5.63 2.35 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Eastern Europe Kazakhstan 3.06 141 24 0.5 2.14 4.44 4.38 3.82 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Eastern Europe Azerbaijan 2.65 148 25 0.5 2.14 3.33 3.75 3.53 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Eastern Europe Uzbekistan 1.95 158 26 0.08 1.86 2.22 5 0.59 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Eastern Europe Tajikistan 1.93 159 27 0.08 0.79 1.67 6.25 0.88 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Eastern Europe Turkmenistan 1.72 162 28 0 0.79 2.22 5 0.59 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Mauritius 8.22 16 1 9.17 8.21 5.56 8.75 9.41 Full democracy 9 11 fully free
Sub-Saharan Africa Cabo Verde 7.88 23 2 9.17 7.86 6.67 6.88 8.82 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Sub-Saharan Africa Botswana 7.81 28 3 9.17 7.14 6.11 7.5 9.12 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Sub-Saharan Africa South Africa 7.24 41 4 7.42 7.5 8.33 5 7.94 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Sub-Saharan Africa Ghana 6.69 52 5 8.33 5.71 6.67 6.25 6.47 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Lesotho 6.64 56 6 9.17 5 6.67 5.63 6.76 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Namibia 6.31 71 7 5.67 5.36 6.67 5.63 8.24 Flawed democracy 8 31 partly free
Sub-Saharan Africa Senegal 6.15 74 8 7.5 6.07 4.44 6.25 6.47 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Zambia 5.68 85 9 6.17 5 3.89 6.88 6.47 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Mali 5.64 86 10 7.42 3.93 4.44 6.25 6.18 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Sub-Saharan Africa Benin 5.61 87 11 6.5 5.36 5 5.63 5.59 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Malawi 5.49 89 12 6.58 4.29 4.44 6.25 5.88 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Tanzania 5.47 91 13 7 5 5 5.63 4.71 Hybrid regime 4 121 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Liberia 5.23 93 14 7.42 2.57 5.56 5 5.59 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Sub-Saharan Africa Kenya 5.11 95 15 3.5 5.36 6.67 5.63 4.41 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Madagascar 5.11 95 15 6.08 3.57 5.56 5.63 4.71 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Uganda 5.09 98 17 5.25 3.57 3.89 6.88 5.88 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Burkina Faso 4.75 103 18 4.42 4.29 4.44 5.63 5 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Sub-Saharan Africa Sierra Leone 4.66 105 19 6.58 1.86 3.33 6.25 5.29 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Nigeria 4.44 109 20 6.08 4.64 3.33 3.75 4.41 Hybrid regime 7 49 partly free
Sub-Saharan Africa Gambia 4.06 113 21 4.48 3.93 3.33 5.63 2.94 Hybrid regime 2 139 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Mozambique 4.02 115 22 4.42 2.14 5 5 3.53 Hybrid regime 5 109 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Côte d'Ivoire 3.93 116 23 4.42 2.14 3.33 5.63 4.12 Authoritarian 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Mauritania 3.82 121 24 3 3.57 5 3.13 4.41 Authoritarian 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Niger 3.76 122 25 5.25 1.14 3.33 4.38 4.71 Authoritarian 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Comoros 3.71 123 26 4.33 2.21 4.44 3.75 3.82 Authoritarian 5 109 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Angola 3.62 125 27 1.75 2.86 5.56 5 2.94 Authoritarian 5 109 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Gabon 3.61 126 28 2.58 2.21 4.44 5 3.82 Authoritarian 4 121 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Cameroon 3.61 126 28 4 2.86 3.89 4.38 2.94 Authoritarian 4 121 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Ethiopia 3.42 129 30 0 3.57 5.56 5.63 2.35 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Congo (Brazzaville) 3.25 132 31 3.17 2.5 3.89 3.75 2.94 Authoritarian 4 121 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Rwanda 3.19 133 32 0.83 5 2.78 4.38 2.94 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Zimbabwe 3.16 136 33 0.5 2 4.44 5.63 3.24 Authoritarian 5 109 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Guinea 3.14 137 34 3.5 0.43 4.44 4.38 2.94 Authoritarian 3 132 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Togo 3.05 142 35 3.17 0.79 2.78 5 3.53 Authoritarian 4 121 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Swaziland 3.03 144 36 0.92 2.86 2.22 5.63 3.53 Authoritarian 3 132 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Djibouti 2.76 145 37 0.42 1.79 3.33 5.63 2.65 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Eritrea 2.37 151 38 0 2.14 1.67 6.88 1.18 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Burundi 2.33 153 39 0 0.43 3.89 5 2.35 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Guinea-Bissau 1.98 157 40 1.67 0 2.78 3.13 2.35 Authoritarian 4 121 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Equatorial Guinea 1.81 161 41 0 0.43 2.78 4.38 1.47 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Democratic Republic of Congo 1.61 163 42 0.5 0.71 2.22 3.75 0.88 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Central African Republic 1.52 164 43 2.25 0 1.11 1.88 2.35 Authoritarian 6 71 largely unfree
Sub-Saharan Africa Chad 1.5 165 44 0 0 1.11 3.75 2.65 Authoritarian 3 132 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Israel 7.79 30 1 9.17 7.5 8.89 7.5 5.88 Flawed democracy 9 11 fully free
Middle East & North Africa Tunisia 6.32 69 2 6 5.71 7.78 6.25 5.88 Flawed democracy 6 71 largely unfree
Middle East & North Africa Morocco 4.87 101 3 5.25 4.64 4.44 5.63 4.41 Hybrid regime 5 109 largely unfree
Middle East & North Africa Lebanon 4.72 104 4 3.5 2.57 7.22 5.63 4.71 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Middle East & North Africa Palestine 4.46 108 5 3.83 2.5 7.78 4.38 3.82 Hybrid regime 5 109 largely unfree
Middle East & North Africa Iraq 4.09 112 6 4.33 0.07 7.22 5 3.82 Hybrid regime 6 71 largely unfree
Middle East & North Africa Jordan 3.87 117 7 3.58 4.29 3.89 4.38 3.24 Authoritarian 2 139 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Kuwait 3.85 119 8 3.17 4.29 3.89 4.38 3.53 Authoritarian 4 121 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Algeria 3.56 128 9 2.58 2.21 3.89 5 4.12 Authoritarian 5 109 largely unfree
Middle East & North Africa Egypt 3.36 130 10 3.58 3.21 3.33 3.75 2.94 Authoritarian 4 121 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Qatar 3.19 133 11 0 4.29 2.22 5.63 3.82 Authoritarian 3 132 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Oman 3.04 143 12 0 3.93 2.78 4.38 4.12 Authoritarian 3 132 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Bahrain 2.71 146 13 0.83 3.21 2.78 4.38 2.35 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Middle East & North Africa United Arab Emirates 2.69 147 14 0 3.57 2.22 5 2.65 Authoritarian 2 139 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Iran 2.45 150 15 0 3.21 4.44 3.13 1.47 Authoritarian 1 145 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Libya 2.32 154 16 1 0.36 1.67 5.63 2.94 Authoritarian 5 109 largely unfree
Middle East & North Africa Sudan 2.15 155 17 0 1.79 2.78 5 1.18 Authoritarian 2 139 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Yemen 2.07 156 18 0 0 4.44 5 0.88 Authoritarian 2 139 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Saudi Arabia 1.93 159 19 0 2.86 2.22 3.13 1.47 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
Middle East & North Africa Syria 1.43 166 20 0 0 2.78 4.38 0 Authoritarian 0 154 unfree
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