The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index provides a snapshot of the state of democracy
in 165 independent states and two territories. This covers almost the entire population of the
world and the vast majority of the world’s states (microstates are excluded). Scored on a 0-10 scale,
the Democracy Index is based on five categories: electoral process and pluralism, functioning of
government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties. Based on its scores on a range
of indicators within these categories, each country is classified as one of four types of regime: “full
democracy”, “flawed democracy”, “hybrid regime” or “authoritarian regime”. A full methodology and
explanations can be found in the Appendix.
This edition of the Democracy Index examines the state of global democracy in 2023. The global
results are discussed in this introduction, and the results by region are analysed in greater detail in
the section entitled “Democracy around the regions in 2023”
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