The Economist Democracy Index (2020)

Main article: The Economist Democracy Index

The 2020 Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index map

Full democracies

  9.01–10

  8.01–9

Flawed democracies

  7.01–8

  6.01–7

Hybrid regimes

  5.01–6

  4.01–5

Authoritarian regimes

  3.01–4

  2.01–3

  0–2

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The following table shows the five parameters that made up the score of each nation in 2020 and the changes that had occurred since 2019.

Year 2020

Rank	Δ Rank	Country	Regime type	Overall score	Δ Score	Elec­toral pro­cess and plura­lism	Func­tioning of govern­ment	Poli­tical partici­pation	Poli­tical cul­ture	Civil liber­ties
Full democracies
1		Norway	Full democracy	9.81	0.06	10.00	9.64	10.00	10.00	9.41
2		Iceland	Full democracy	9.37	0.21	10.00	8.57	8.89	10.00	9.41
3		Sweden	Full democracy	9.26	0.13	9.58	9.29	8.33	10.00	9.12
4		New Zealand	Full democracy	9.25	0.01	10.00	8.93	8.89	8.75	9.71
5	2	Canada	Full democracy	9.24	0.02	9.58	8.93	8.89	9.38	9.41
6	1	Finland	Full democracy	9.20	0.05	10.00	8.93	8.89	8.75	9.41
7		Denmark	Full democracy	9.15	0.07	10.00	8.93	8.33	9.38	9.12
8	2	Ireland	Full democracy	9.05	0.19	10.00	7.86	8.33	9.38	9.71
9		Australia	Full democracy	8.96	0.13	10.00	8.57	7.78	8.75	9.71
9	2	Netherlands	Full democracy	8.96	0.05	9.58	9.29	8.33	8.75	8.82
11	20	Taiwan	Full democracy	8.94	1.21	10.00	9.64	7.22	8.13	9.71
12	2	Switzerland	Full democracy	8.83	0.20	9.58	8.57	7.78	9.38	8.82
13	1	Luxembourg	Full democracy	8.68	0.13	10.00	8.57	6.67	8.75	9.71
14	1	Germany	Full democracy	8.67	0.01	9.58	8.21	8.33	8.13	9.12
15		Uruguay	Full democracy	8.61	0.23	10.00	8.57	6.67	8.13	9.71
16	2	United Kingdom	Full democracy	8.54	0.02	10.00	7.50	8.89	7.50	8.82
17	4	Chile	Full democracy	8.28	0.20	9.58	8.21	6.67	8.13	8.82
18	2	Austria	Full democracy	8.16	0.13	9.58	7.50	8.33	6.88	8.53
18	1	Costa Rica	Full democracy	8.16	0.03	9.58	6.79	7.22	7.50	9.71
20	2	Mauritius	Full democracy	8.14	0.08	9.17	7.86	6.11	8.75	8.82
21	3	Japan	Full democracy	8.13	0.14	8.75	8.57	6.67	8.13	8.53
22	6	Spain	Full democracy	8.12	0.17	9.58	7.14	7.22	8.13	8.53
23		South Korea	Full democracy	8.01	0.01	9.17	8.21	7.22	7.50	7.94
Flawed democracies
24	4	France	Flawed democracy	7.99	0.13	9.58	7.50	7.78	6.88	8.24
25		United States	Flawed democracy	7.92	0.04	9.17	6.79	8.89	6.25	8.53
26	4	Portugal	Flawed democracy	7.90	0.13	9.58	7.50	6.11	7.50	8.82
27		Estonia	Flawed democracy	7.84	0.06	9.58	7.86	6.67	6.88	8.24
27	1	Israel	Flawed democracy	7.84	0.02	9.17	7.50	9.44	7.50	5.59
29	6	Italy	Flawed democracy	7.74	0.22	9.58	6.43	7.22	7.50	7.94
30	4	Malta	Flawed democracy	7.68	0.27	9.17	6.79	6.11	8.13	8.24
31	1	Czech Republic	Flawed democracy	7.67	0.02	9.58	6.07	6.67	7.50	8.53
32	2	Cape Verde	Flawed democracy	7.65	0.13	9.17	7.00	6.67	6.88	8.53
33	4	Botswana	Flawed democracy	7.62	0.19	9.17	6.79	6.11	7.50	8.53
34		Cyprus	Flawed democracy	7.56	0.03	9.17	5.36	7.22	7.50	8.53
35	1	Slovenia	Flawed democracy	7.54	0.04	9.58	6.43	7.22	6.25	8.24
36	3	Belgium	Flawed democracy	7.51	0.13	9.58	7.86	5.00	6.88	8.24
37	2	Greece	Flawed democracy	7.39	0.04	9.58	5.21	6.11	7.50	8.53
38		Latvia	Flawed democracy	7.24	0.25	9.58	6.07	6.67	5.63	8.24
39	4	Malaysia	Flawed democracy	7.19	0.03	9.58	7.86	6.67	6.25	5.59
40	6	Panama	Flawed democracy	7.18	0.13	9.58	6.43	7.22	5.00	7.65
41	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Flawed democracy	7.16		9.58	7.14	6.11	5.63	7.35
42	8	Jamaica	Flawed democracy	7.13	0.17	8.75	7.14	5.00	6.25	8.53
42	6	Lithuania	Flawed democracy	7.13	0.37	9.58	6.07	5.56	5.63	8.82
44	3	Timor-Leste	Flawed democracy	7.06	0.13	9.58	5.93	5.56	6.88	7.35
45	5	South Africa	Flawed democracy	7.05	0.19	7.42	7.14	8.33	5.00	7.35
46	1	Colombia	Flawed democracy	7.04	0.09	9.17	6.43	6.67	5.00	7.94
47	5	Slovakia	Flawed democracy	6.97	0.20	9.58	6.43	5.56	5.63	7.65
48		Argentina	Flawed democracy	6.95	0.07	9.17	5.36	6.67	5.63	7.94
49	3	Brazil	Flawed democracy	6.92	0.04	9.58	5.36	6.11	5.63	7.94
50	7	Poland	Flawed democracy	6.85	0.23	9.17	5.71	6.67	5.63	7.06
51	2	Suriname	Flawed democracy	6.82	0.16	9.58	6.07	6.11	5.00	7.35
52	5	Bulgaria	Flawed democracy	6.71	0.32	9.17	5.71	7.22	4.38	7.06
53	2	India	Flawed democracy	6.61	0.29	8.67	7.14	6.67	5.00	5.59
54	1	Tunisia	Flawed democracy	6.59	0.13	9.17	5.36	7.22	5.63	5.59
55	1	Philippines	Flawed democracy	6.56	0.08	9.17	5.00	7.78	4.38	6.47
55		Hungary	Flawed democracy	6.56	0.07	8.33	6.43	5.00	6.25	6.76
57	1	Peru	Flawed democracy	6.53	0.07	8.75	5.36	5.56	5.63	7.35
58	7	Namibia	Flawed democracy	6.52	0.09	7.00	5.36	6.67	5.63	7.94
59		Croatia	Flawed democracy	6.50	0.07	9.17	6.07	6.11	4.38	6.76
59	4	Ghana	Flawed democracy	6.50	0.13	8.33	5.36	6.67	6.25	5.88
61	1	Mongolia	Flawed democracy	6.48	0.02	8.75	5.71	5.56	5.63	6.76
62	1	Romania	Flawed democracy	6.40	0.09	9.17	5.36	6.67	3.75	7.06
63	3	Dominican Republic	Flawed democracy	6.32	0.22	9.17	4.29	6.11	5.00	7.06
64	4	Lesotho	Flawed democracy	6.30	0.24	9.17	4.14	6.11	5.63	6.47
64		Indonesia	Flawed democracy	6.30	0.18	7.92	7.50	6.11	4.38	5.59
66		Serbia	Flawed democracy	6.22	0.19	8.25	5.36	6.67	3.75	7.06
67	3	Paraguay	Flawed democracy	6.18	0.06	8.75	5.71	5.00	4.38	7.06
68	1	Sri Lanka	Flawed democracy	6.14	0.13	7.00	5.71	5.56	6.25	6.18
69	2	Ecuador	Flawed democracy	6.13	0.20	8.75	5.00	6.67	3.75	6.47
70	4	Papua New Guinea	Flawed democracy	6.10	0.07	6.92	6.07	3.33	6.25	7.94
71	8	Albania	Flawed democracy	6.08	0.19	7.00	5.36	4.44	6.25	7.35
72	1	Mexico	Flawed democracy	6.07	0.02	7.83	5.71	7.78	3.13	5.88
73	5	Thailand	Flawed democracy	6.04	0.28	7.00	5.00	6.67	6.25	5.29
74	1	Singapore	Flawed democracy	6.03	0.01	4.83	7.86	4.44	6.25	6.76
75	4	Guyana	Flawed democracy	6.01	0.14	6.50	5.36	6.11	5.00	7.06
Hybrid regimes
76	4	Bangladesh	Hybrid regime	5.99	0.11	7.42	6.07	6.11	5.63	4.71
77	6	El Salvador	Hybrid regime	5.90	0.25	9.17	4.29	6.11	3.75	6.18
78	1	North Macedonia	Hybrid regime	5.89	0.08	7.42	5.71	6.11	3.13	7.06
79	1	Ukraine	Hybrid regime	5.81	0.09	8.25	2.71	7.22	5.00	5.88
80	3	Moldova	Hybrid regime	5.78	0.03	7.00	4.64	6.11	4.38	6.76
81	3	Montenegro	Hybrid regime	5.77	0.12	7.42	5.71	6.11	3.13	6.47
82	5	Malawi	Hybrid regime	5.74	0.24	7.00	4.29	5.00	6.25	6.18
83	2	Fiji	Hybrid regime	5.72	0.13	6.58	5.00	6.11	5.63	5.29
84	7	Bhutan	Hybrid regime	5.71	0.41	8.75	6.79	3.33	5.00	4.71
85		Madagascar	Hybrid regime	5.70	0.06	7.92	3.57	6.67	5.63	4.71
86	4	Senegal	Hybrid regime	5.67	0.18	6.08	5.71	4.44	6.25	5.88
87	12	Hong Kong	Hybrid regime	5.57	0.45	3.17	3.64	5.00	7.50	8.53
88	1	Honduras	Hybrid regime	5.36	0.06	7.83	4.29	4.44	4.38	5.88
89	3	Armenia	Hybrid regime	5.35	0.19	7.50	5.00	6.11	3.13	5.00
90	2	Liberia	Hybrid regime	5.32	0.13	7.42	2.71	5.56	5.63	5.29
91	2	Georgia	Hybrid regime	5.31	0.11	7.83	3.57	6.11	3.75	5.29
92		Nepal	Hybrid regime	5.22	0.06	4.83	5.36	5.00	5.63	5.29
93	2	Tanzania	Hybrid regime	5.10	0.06	4.83	5.00	5.00	6.25	4.41
94	10	Bolivia	Hybrid regime	5.08	0.24	6.08	3.57	6.11	3.75	5.88
95	1	Kenya	Hybrid regime	5.05	0.13	3.50	5.36	6.67	5.63	4.12
96		Morocco	Hybrid regime	5.04	0.06	5.25	4.64	5.56	5.63	4.12
97	4	Guatemala	Hybrid regime	4.97	0.29	6.92	3.93	5.00	3.13	5.88
98	1	Uganda	Hybrid regime	4.94	0.08	4.33	3.21	5.00	6.88	5.29
99	2	Zambia	Hybrid regime	4.86	0.23	4.75	2.93	3.89	6.88	5.88
99	3	Sierra Leone	Hybrid regime	4.86		6.58	2.86	3.33	6.25	5.29
101	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hybrid regime	4.84	0.02	7.00	2.93	5.56	3.13	5.59
102	5	Benin	Hybrid regime	4.58	0.51	3.33	5.36	3.89	5.63	4.71
103	4	Gambia	Hybrid regime	4.49	0.16	4.00	4.29	4.44	5.63	4.12
104	6	Turkey	Hybrid regime	4.48	0.39	3.50	5.36	5.56	5.63	2.35
105	3	Pakistan	Hybrid regime	4.31	0.06	5.67	5.36	3.33	2.50	4.71
106	1	Haiti	Hybrid regime	4.22	0.35	4.75	1.71	2.78	6.25	5.59
107	6	Kyrgyzstan	Hybrid regime	4.21	0.67	4.75	2.93	5.56	3.13	4.71
108	2	Lebanon	Hybrid regime	4.16	0.20	3.50	1.50	6.67	5.00	4.12
109	2	Ivory Coast	Hybrid regime	4.11	0.06	4.33	2.86	3.89	5.63	3.82
110	1	Nigeria	Hybrid regime	4.10	0.02	5.17	3.57	3.89	3.75	4.12
Authoritarian regimes
111	11	Mali	Authoritarian	3.93	0.99	5.17	0.00	4.44	5.63	4.41
112	4	Mauritania	Authoritarian	3.92		3.50	3.57	5.00	3.13	4.41
113	4	Palestine	Authoritarian	3.83	0.06	3.33	0.14	7.78	4.38	3.53
114		Kuwait	Authoritarian	3.80	0.13	3.58	3.93	3.89	4.38	3.24
115	2	Algeria	Authoritarian	3.77	0.24	3.08	2.50	4.44	5.00	3.82
116	4	Burkina Faso	Authoritarian	3.73	0.31	3.00	2.36	4.44	5.00	3.82
117	2	Angola	Authoritarian	3.66	0.06	2.25	2.86	5.56	5.00	2.65
118		Iraq	Authoritarian	3.62	0.12	5.25	0.00	6.67	5.00	1.18
118	4	Jordan	Authoritarian	3.62	0.31	2.67	3.93	3.89	4.38	3.24
120	2	Nicaragua	Authoritarian	3.60	0.05	0.42	2.86	5.00	5.63	4.12
121		Gabon	Authoritarian	3.54	0.07	2.58	1.86	4.44	5.00	3.82
122	2	Mozambique	Authoritarian	3.51	0.14	2.58	1.43	5.00	5.00	3.53
123	2	Ethiopia	Authoritarian	3.38	0.06	0.42	3.57	5.56	5.00	2.35
124	10	Russia	Authoritarian	3.31	0.20	2.17	2.14	5.00	3.13	4.12
125	2	Niger	Authoritarian	3.29		2.92	1.14	3.33	4.38	4.71
126	2	Qatar	Authoritarian	3.24	0.05	0.00	4.29	2.78	5.63	3.53
127	2	Zimbabwe	Authoritarian	3.16		0.00	2.50	4.44	5.63	3.24
128	11	Kazakhstan	Authoritarian	3.14	0.20	0.50	3.21	5.00	3.75	3.24
129	5	Republic of the Congo	Authoritarian	3.11		2.17	2.50	3.89	3.75	3.24
130	6	Cambodia	Authoritarian	3.10	0.43	0.00	3.93	3.89	5.63	2.06
130	1	Rwanda	Authoritarian	3.10	0.06	1.42	4.29	2.78	4.38	2.65
132	1	Comoros	Authoritarian	3.09	0.06	2.08	2.21	3.89	3.75	3.53
133	1	Swaziland	Authoritarian	3.08	0.06	0.92	2.86	2.78	5.63	3.24
133	4	Guinea	Authoritarian	3.08	0.06	3.50	0.43	4.44	4.38	2.65
135	13	Myanmar	Authoritarian	3.04	0.51	1.75	3.93	2.78	4.38	2.35
136	1	Oman	Authoritarian	3.00	0.06	0.08	3.93	2.78	4.38	3.82
137	1	Vietnam	Authoritarian	2.94	0.14	0.00	2.86	3.89	5.63	2.35
138	1	Egypt	Authoritarian	2.93	0.13	1.33	3.21	3.33	5.00	1.76
139	2	Afghanistan	Authoritarian	2.85		3.42	0.64	3.89	2.50	3.82
140	3	Cuba	Authoritarian	2.84		0.00	3.57	3.33	4.38	2.94
141	15	Togo	Authoritarian	2.80	0.50	3.17	1.79	3.33	5.00	3.24
142	1	Cameroon	Authoritarian	2.77	0.08	1.67	2.14	3.33	4.38	2.35
143	3	Venezuela	Authoritarian	2.76	0.04	0.00	1.79	5.00	4.38	2.65
144		Djibouti	Authoritarian	2.71	0.06	0.42	1.29	3.89	5.63	2.35
145		United Arab Emirates	Authoritarian	2.70	0.06	0.00	3.93	2.22	5.00	2.65
146		Azerbaijan	Authoritarian	2.68	0.07	0.50	2.86	3.33	3.75	2.94
147	1	Guinea-Bissau	Authoritarian	2.63		4.92	0.00	2.78	3.13	2.35
148	2	Belarus	Authoritarian	2.59	0.11	0.00	2.00	3.89	5.00	2.06
149	2	Sudan	Authoritarian	2.54	0.16	0.00	1.79	4.44	5.00	1.47
150	1	Bahrain	Authoritarian	2.49	0.06	0.83	2.71	2.78	4.38	1.76
151	2	China	Authoritarian	2.27	0.01	0.00	4.29	2.78	3.13	1.18
152	1	Iran	Authoritarian	2.20	0.18	0.00	2.50	3.89	3.13	1.47
153	1	Eritrea	Authoritarian	2.15	0.22	0.00	2.14	0.56	6.88	1.18
154		Burundi	Authoritarian	2.14	0.01	0.00	0.00	3.33	5.00	2.35
155	2	Uzbekistan	Authoritarian	2.12	0.11	0.08	1.86	2.78	5.00	0.88
156	3	Saudi Arabia	Authoritarian	2.08	0.15	0.00	3.57	2.22	3.13	1.47
157	1	Libya	Authoritarian	1.95	0.07	0.00	0.00	3.33	3.75	2.65
157		Yemen	Authoritarian	1.95		0.00	0.00	3.89	5.00	0.88
159		Tajikistan	Authoritarian	1.94	0.01	0.00	2.21	2.22	4.38	0.88
160	1	Equatorial Guinea	Authoritarian	1.92		0.00	0.43	3.33	4.38	1.47
161	6	Laos	Authoritarian	1.77	0.37	0.00	2.86	1.67	3.75	0.59
162		Turkmenistan	Authoritarian	1.72		0.00	0.79	2.22	5.00	0.59
163		Chad	Authoritarian	1.55	0.06	0.00	0.00	1.67	3.75	2.35
164		Syria	Authoritarian	1.43		0.00	0.00	2.78	4.38	0.00
165		Central African Republic	Authoritarian	1.32		1.25	0.00	1.11	1.88	2.35
166		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Authoritarian	1.13		0.00	0.00	1.67	3.13	0.88
167		North Korea	Authoritarian	1.08		0.00	2.50	1.67	1.25	0.00

See also

• The Economist Democracy Index (2021)

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