The Economist Democracy Index (2021)

Main article: The Economist Democracy Index

The 2021 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

  1.01–2

  0.00–1

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The following table shows the five parameters that made up the score of each nation in 2021 and the changes that had occurred since 2020.

Year 2021

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	9.75	0.06	10.00	9.64	10.00	10.00	9.12
2	2	New Zealand	Full democracy	9.37	0.12	10.00	8.93	9.44	8.75	9.71
3	3	Finland	Full democracy	9.27	0.07	10.00	9.29	8.89	8.75	9.41
4	1	Sweden	Full democracy	9.26		9.58	9.29	8.33	10.00	9.12
5	3	Iceland	Full democracy	9.18	0.19	10.00	8.21	8.89	9.38	9.41
6	1	Denmark	Full democracy	9.09	0.06	10.00	8.93	8.33	9.38	8.82
7	1	Ireland	Full democracy	9.00	0.05	10.00	7.86	8.33	9.38	9.41
8	3	Taiwan	Full democracy	8.99	0.05	10.00	9.64	7.78	8.13	9.41
9		Australia	Full democracy	8.90	0.06	10.00	8.57	7.78	8.75	9.41
9	2	Switzerland	Full democracy	8.90	0.07	9.58	8.93	7.78	9.38	8.82
11	1	Netherlands	Full democracy	8.88	0.08	9.58	8.93	8.33	8.75	8.82
12	7	Canada	Full democracy	8.87	0.37	10.00	8.21	8.89	8.13	9.12
13	2	Uruguay	Full democracy	8.85	0.24	10.00	8.57	7.22	8.75	9.71
14	1	Luxembourg	Full democracy	8.68		10.00	8.57	6.67	8.75	9.41
15	1	Germany	Full democracy	8.67		9.58	8.21	8.33	8.13	9.12
16	7	South Korea	Full democracy	8.16	0.15	9.58	8.57	7.22	7.50	7.94
17	3	Japan	Full democracy	8.15	0.02	9.17	8.57	6.67	8.13	8.24
18	2	United Kingdom	Full democracy	8.10	0.44	9.58	7.50	8.33	6.25	8.82
19	2	Mauritius	Full democracy	8.08	0.06	9.17	7.86	6.11	8.75	8.53
20	2	Austria	Full democracy	8.07	0.09	9.58	6.79	8.89	6.88	8.24
20	2	Costa Rica	Full democracy	8.07	0.09	9.58	6.43	7.78	6.88	9.71
Flawed democracies
22	2	France	Flawed democracy	7.99		9.58	7.50	7.78	6.88	8.24
23	4	Israel	Flawed democracy	7.97	0.13	9.58	7.50	10.00	6.88	5.88
24	2	Spain	Flawed democracy	7.94	0.18	9.58	7.14	7.22	7.50	8.24
25	8	Chile	Flawed democracy	7.92	0.36	9.58	7.86	5.56	7.50	9.12
26	1	United States	Flawed democracy	7.85	0.07	9.17	6.43	8.89	6.25	8.53
27		Estonia	Flawed democracy	7.84		9.58	7.86	6.67	6.88	8.24
28	2	Portugal	Flawed democracy	7.82	0.08	9.58	7.14	6.67	6.88	8.82
29	1	Czech Republic	Flawed democracy	7.74	0.07	9.58	6.43	6.67	7.50	8.53
30	3	Botswana	Flawed democracy	7.73	0.11	9.17	6.79	6.67	7.50	8.53
31	2	Italy	Flawed democracy	7.68	0.06	9.58	6.43	7.22	7.50	7.65
32		Cape Verde	Flawed democracy	7.65	0.13	9.17	7.00	6.67	6.88	8.53
33	3	Malta	Flawed democracy	7.57	0.11	9.17	6.79	5.56	8.13	8.24
34	2	Greece	Flawed democracy	7.56	0.17	9.58	6.07	6.11	7.50	8.53
35		Slovenia	Flawed democracy	7.54	0.04	9.58	6.43	7.22	6.25	8.24
36		Belgium	Flawed democracy	7.51		9.58	7.86	5.00	6.88	8.24
37	3	Cyprus	Flawed democracy	7.43	0.13	9.17	5.36	7.22	6.88	8.53
38		Latvia	Flawed democracy	7.31	0.07	9.58	6.07	6.11	6.25	8.53
39	4	Malaysia	Flawed democracy	7.24	0.05	9.58	7.86	7.22	6.25	5.29
40	3	Lithuania	Flawed democracy	7.18	0.05	9.58	6.07	6.11	5.63	8.53
41		Trinidad and Tobago	Flawed democracy	7.16		9.58	7.14	6.11	5.63	7.35
42		Jamaica	Flawed democracy	7.13		8.75	7.14	5.00	6.25	8.53
43	1	East Timor	Flawed democracy	7.06		9.58	5.93	5.56	6.88	7.35
44	1	South Africa	Flawed democracy	7.05		7.42	7.14	8.33	5.00	7.35
45	2	Slovakia	Flawed democracy	7.03	0.06	9.58	6.43	5.56	5.63	7.94
46	7	India	Flawed democracy	6.91	0.30	8.67	7.50	7.22	5.00	6.18
47	2	Brazil	Flawed democracy	6.86	0.06	9.58	5.36	6.11	5.63	7.65
48	8	Panama	Flawed democracy	6.85	0.33	9.58	6.07	7.22	3.75	7.65
49	2	Suriname	Flawed democracy	6.82	0.03	9.58	6.07	6.11	5.00	7.35
50	2	Argentina	Flawed democracy	6.81	0.14	9.17	5.00	7.22	5.00	7.65
51	1	Poland	Flawed democracy	6.80	0.05	9.17	6.07	6.67	5.63	6.47
52	13	Indonesia	Flawed democracy	6.71	0.41	7.92	7.86	7.22	4.38	6.18
53	1	Bulgaria	Flawed democracy	6.64	0.07	9.17	5.36	7.22	4.38	7.06
54	1	Philippines	Flawed democracy	6.62	0.06	9.17	5.00	7.78	4.38	6.76
55	3	Namibia	Flawed democracy	6.52		7.00	5.36	6.67	5.63	7.94
56	3	Croatia	Flawed democracy	6.50		9.17	6.07	6.11	4.38	6.76
56	3	Ghana	Flawed democracy	6.50		8.33	5.36	6.67	6.25	5.88
56	2	Hungary	Flawed democracy	6.50	0.06	8.33	6.43	5.00	6.25	6.47
59	13	Colombia	Flawed democracy	6.48	0.56	9.17	5.71	6.11	3.75	7.65
60	3	Dominican Republic	Flawed democracy	6.45	0.12	9.17	5.00	6.67	4.38	7.06
61	1	Romania	Flawed democracy	6.43	0.03	9.17	6.07	6.11	3.75	7.06
62	1	Mongolia	Flawed democracy	6.42	0.06	8.75	5.71	6.11	5.63	5.88
63	3	Serbia	Flawed democracy	6.36	0.14	8.25	6.07	6.67	3.75	7.06
64		Lesotho	Flawed democracy	6.30		9.17	4.14	6.11	5.63	6.47
65	10	Guyana	Flawed democracy	6.25	0.24	6.92	6.07	5.56	5.63	7.06
66	8	Singapore	Flawed democracy	6.23	0.20	4.83	8.21	4.44	7.50	6.18
67	1	Sri Lanka	Flawed democracy	6.14		7.00	5.71	5.56	6.25	6.18
68	3	Albania	Flawed democracy	6.11	0.03	7.00	6.43	4.44	5.63	7.06
69	11	Moldova	Flawed democracy	6.10	0.32	7.00	5.71	6.67	4.38	6.76
69	4	Papua New Guinea	Flawed democracy	6.10	0.07	6.92	6.07	3.89	6.25	7.35
71	14	Peru	Flawed democracy	6.09	0.44	8.75	5.36	5.56	3.75	7.06
72		Thailand	Flawed democracy	6.04		7.00	5.00	6.67	6.25	5.29
73	5	North Macedonia	Flawed democracy	6.03	0.14	7.42	6.43	6.11	3.13	7.06
74	7	Montenegro	Flawed democracy	6.02	0.25	7.42	6.43	6.67	3.13	6.47
Hybrid regimes
75	1	Bangladesh	Hybrid regime	5.99		7.42	6.07	5.56	5.63	5.29
75	21	Tunisia	Hybrid regime	5.99	0.60	7.50	4.64	7.22	5.00	5.59
77	10	Paraguay	Hybrid regime	5.86	0.32	8.75	5.36	5.00	3.13	7.06
78	4	Malawi	Hybrid regime	5.74		7.00	4.29	5.00	6.25	6.18
79	6	El Salvador	Hybrid regime	5.72	0.18	9.17	3.93	5.56	3.75	6.18
79	20	Zambia	Hybrid regime	5.72	0.63	7.50	3.64	5.00	6.88	5.59
81	3	Bhutan	Hybrid regime	5.71		8.75	6.79	3.33	5.00	4.71
81	12	Ecuador	Hybrid regime	5.71	0.42	8.75	5.00	6.11	2.50	6.18
83		Madagascar	Hybrid regime	5.70		7.92	3.57	6.67	5.63	4.71
84	1	Fiji	Hybrid regime	5.61	0.11	6.58	5.00	5.56	5.63	5.29
85	2	Hong Kong	Hybrid regime	5.60	0.03	2.75	3.64	5.56	7.50	8.53
86	14	Mexico	Hybrid regime	5.57	0.50	6.92	5.00	7.22	3.13	5.59
86	9	Ukraine	Hybrid regime	5.57	0.24	8.25	2.36	6.67	5.00	5.59
88	2	Senegal	Hybrid regime	5.53	0.14	5.67	5.71	4.44	6.25	5.59
89		Armenia	Hybrid regime	5.49	0.14	7.50	5.71	6.11	3.13	5.00
90		Liberia	Hybrid regime	5.43	0.11	7.42	2.71	6.11	5.63	5.29
91		Georgia	Hybrid regime	5.12	0.19	7.42	3.57	5.56	3.75	5.29
92	4	Honduras	Hybrid regime	5.10	0.26	8.75	3.93	4.44	2.50	5.88
93		Tanzania	Hybrid regime	5.10		4.83	5.00	5.00	6.25	4.41
94		Kenya	Hybrid regime	5.05		3.50	5.36	6.67	5.63	4.12
95	6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hybrid regime	5.04	0.20	7.00	3.29	5.56	3.75	5.59
95		Morocco	Hybrid regime	5.04		5.25	4.64	5.56	5.63	4.12
97	3	Sierra Leone	Hybrid regime	4.97	0.11	6.58	2.86	3.89	6.25	5.29
98	4	Bolivia	Hybrid regime	4.65	0.43	4.75	4.29	6.11	2.50	5.59
99	2	Guatemala	Hybrid regime	4.62	0.35	6.92	3.93	3.89	2.50	5.88
100	2	Uganda	Hybrid regime	4.48	0.46	3.42	3.21	3.89	6.88	5.00
101	2	Gambia	Hybrid regime	4.41	0.08	3.58	4.29	4.44	5.63	4.12
101	10	Nepal	Hybrid regime	4.41	0.81	4.83	5.00	4.44	2.50	5.29
103	1	Turkey	Hybrid regime	4.35	0.13	3.50	5.00	5.56	5.63	2.06
104	1	Pakistan	Hybrid regime	4.31		5.67	5.36	3.33	2.50	4.71
105	4	Ivory Coast	Hybrid regime	4.22	0.11	4.33	2.86	4.44	5.63	3.82
106	5	Benin	Hybrid regime	4.19	0.39	1.67	5.36	3.89	5.63	4.41
107	2	Nigeria	Hybrid regime	4.11	0.01	5.17	3.93	3.89	3.75	3.82
108	4	Mauritania	Hybrid regime	4.03	0.11	3.50	3.57	5.56	3.13	4.41
Authoritarian regimes
109	4	Palestine	Authoritarian	3.94	0.11	3.33	0.14	8.33	4.38	3.53
110	4	Kuwait	Authoritarian	3.91	0.11	3.58	3.93	4.44	4.38	3.24
111	4	Burkina Faso	Authoritarian	3.84	0.11	3.00	2.36	5.00	5.00	3.82
111	4	Lebanon	Authoritarian	3.84	0.32	3.50	1.14	6.67	3.75	4.12
113	2	Algeria	Authoritarian	3.77		3.08	2.50	4.44	5.00	3.82
114	12	Qatar	Authoritarian	3.65	0.41	1.50	4.29	3.33	5.63	3.53
115	8	Kyrgyzstan	Authoritarian	3.62	0.59	4.33	1.50	4.44	3.13	4.71
116	2	Iraq	Authoritarian	3.51	0.11	5.25	0.00	6.11	5.00	1.18
116	5	Mozambique	Authoritarian	3.51		2.58	1.43	5.00	5.00	3.53
118	1	Jordan	Authoritarian	3.49	0.13	2.67	3.93	3.89	3.75	3.24
119	13	Haiti	Authoritarian	3.48	0.74	3.08	0.00	2.78	6.25	5.29
119	9	Mali	Authoritarian	3.48	0.45	2.42	0.00	5.56	5.63	3.82
121		Gabon	Authoritarian	3.40	0.14	2.17	1.86	4.44	5.00	3.53
122	5	Angola	Authoritarian	3.37	0.29	1.33	2.86	5.00	5.00	2.65
123		Ethiopia	Authoritarian	3.30	0.08	0.42	3.21	6.11	5.00	1.76
124		Russia	Authoritarian	3.24	0.07	1.75	2.14	4.44	3.75	4.12
125		Niger	Authoritarian	3.22	0.07	2.00	1.14	3.89	4.38	4.71
126	6	Comoros	Authoritarian	3.20	0.11	2.08	2.21	4.44	3.75	3.53
127	2	Rwanda	Authoritarian	3.10		1.42	4.29	2.78	4.38	2.65
128		Swaziland	Authoritarian	3.08		0.92	2.86	2.78	5.63	3.24
128		Kazakhstan	Authoritarian	3.08	0.06	0.50	3.21	5.00	3.75	2.94
130	6	Oman	Authoritarian	3.00		0.08	3.93	2.78	4.38	3.82
131	6	Vietnam	Authoritarian	2.94		0.00	2.86	3.89	5.63	2.35
132	6	Egypt	Authoritarian	2.93		1.33	3.21	3.33	5.00	1.76
133	6	Zimbabwe	Authoritarian	2.92	0.24	0.00	2.50	3.89	5.00	3.24
134	4	Cambodia	Authoritarian	2.90	0.20	0.00	3.21	3.89	5.63	1.76
134	10	United Arab Emirates	Authoritarian	2.90	0.20	0.00	4.29	2.22	5.63	2.35
136	5	Togo	Authoritarian	2.80		0.92	1.79	3.33	5.00	2.94
137	8	Republic of the Congo	Authoritarian	2.79	0.32	0.00	2.50	4.44	3.75	3.24
138	9	Guinea-Bissau	Authoritarian	2.75	0.12	4.92	0.00	3.33	3.13	2.35
139	5	Djibouti	Authoritarian	2.74	0.03	0.00	1.29	4.44	5.63	2.35
140	20	Nicaragua	Authoritarian	2.69	0.91	0.00	2.50	3.33	4.38	3.24
141	5	Azerbaijan	Authoritarian	2.68		0.50	2.50	2.78	5.00	2.65
142	2	Cuba	Authoritarian	2.59	0.25	0.00	3.21	3.33	3.75	2.65
143	1	Cameroon	Authoritarian	2.56	0.21	0.33	2.14	3.89	4.38	2.06
144	6	Bahrain	Authoritarian	2.52	0.03	0.42	2.71	3.33	4.38	1.76
145	4	Sudan	Authoritarian	2.47	0.07	0.00	1.43	4.44	5.00	1.47
146	2	Belarus	Authoritarian	2.41	0.18	0.00	2.00	3.89	4.38	1.76
147	13	Guinea	Authoritarian	2.28	0.80	1.25	0.43	3.33	3.75	2.65
148	3	China	Authoritarian	2.21	0.06	0.00	4.29	2.78	3.13	0.88
149	5	Burundi	Authoritarian	2.13	0.01	0.00	0.00	3.89	5.00	1.76
150	5	Uzbekistan	Authoritarian	2.12		0.08	1.86	2.78	5.00	0.88
151	8	Venezuela	Authoritarian	2.11	0.65	0.00	1.79	3.89	2.50	2.35
152		Saudi Arabia	Authoritarian	2.08		0.00	3.57	2.22	3.13	1.47
153		Eritrea	Authoritarian	2.03	0.12	0.00	2.14	0.56	6.88	0.59
154	3	Libya	Authoritarian	1.95		0.00	0.00	3.33	3.75	2.65
154	1	Iran	Authoritarian	1.95	0.25	0.00	2.50	3.89	1.88	1.47
154		Yemen	Authoritarian	1.95		0.00	0.00	3.89	5.00	0.88
157	2	Tajikistan	Authoritarian	1.94		0.00	2.21	2.22	4.38	0.88
158	2	Equatorial Guinea	Authoritarian	1.92		0.00	0.43	3.33	4.38	1.47
159	2	Laos	Authoritarian	1.77		0.00	2.86	1.67	3.75	0.59
160	1	Chad	Authoritarian	1.67	0.12	0.00	0.00	2.22	3.75	2.35
161	1	Turkmenistan	Authoritarian	1.66	0.06	0.00	0.79	2.22	5.00	0.29
162	2	Syria	Authoritarian	1.43		0.00	0.00	2.78	4.38	0.00
162	2	Central African Republic	Authoritarian	1.43	0.11	1.25	0.00	1.67	1.88	2.35
164	2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Authoritarian	1.40	0.27	0.75	0.00	2.22	3.13	0.88
165	2	North Korea	Authoritarian	1.08		0.00	2.50	1.67	1.25	0.00
166	31	Myanmar	Authoritarian	1.02	2.04	0.00	0.00	1.67	3.13	0.29
167	28	Afghanistan	Authoritarian	0.32	2.53	0.00	0.07	0.00	1.25	0.29

See also

• The Economist Democracy Index (2022)

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