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Annual change in democracy index (EIU)

Percentage points · higher is better · 156 countries

Gapminder (CC BY 4.0); some upstream series are third-partyCC BY 4.0updated 2020
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League table

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  1. 1Taiwan12.1
  2. 2Bhutan4.1
  3. 3Turkiye3.9
  4. 4Bolivia2.4
  5. 4Malawi2.4
  6. 5Poland2.3
  7. 6Italy2.2
  8. 7Kazakhstan2
  9. 7Chile2
  10. 7Russian Federation2
  11. 8Albania1.9
  12. 9Jamaica1.7
  13. 10Gambia, The1.6
  14. 11Saudi Arabia1.5
  15. 12Japan1.4
  16. 13Panama1.3
  17. 14Montenegro1.2
  18. 15Belarus1.1
  19. 15Bangladesh1.1
  20. 16Namibia0.9
  21. 17Papua New Guinea0.7
  22. 18Brazil0.6
  23. 18Cote d'Ivoire0.6
  24. 18Pakistan0.6
  25. 18Madagascar0.6
  26. 19Qatar0.5
  27. 19Nicaragua0.5
  28. 20Slovenia0.4
  29. 21Moldova0.3
  30. 21Costa Rica0.3
  31. 21Malaysia0.3
  32. 22Canada0.2
  33. 23Korea, Rep.0.1
  34. 23Singapore0.1
  35. 23Tajikistan0.1
  36. 23China0.1
  37. 24Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  38. 24Cuba0
  39. 24Congo, Dem. Rep.0
  40. 24Sierra Leone0
  41. 24Afghanistan0
  42. 24Equatorial Guinea0
  43. 24Congo, Rep.0
  44. 24Guinea-Bissau0
  45. 24Syrian Arab Republic0
  46. 24Mauritania0
  47. 24Central African Republic0
  48. 24Niger0
  49. 24Turkmenistan0
  50. 24Trinidad and Tobago0
  51. 25Burundi-0.1
  52. 25New Zealand-0.1
  53. 25Germany-0.1
  54. 26Mongolia-0.2
  55. 26Israel-0.2
  56. 26Mexico-0.2
  57. 26Czechia-0.2
  58. 26Nigeria-0.2
  59. 26Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.2
  60. 27Cyprus-0.3
  61. 28Greece-0.4
  62. 29Netherlands-0.5
  63. 29Finland-0.5
  64. 30West Bank and Gaza-0.6
  65. 30Bahrain-0.6
  66. 30Guinea-0.6
  67. 30Angola-0.6
  68. 30Honduras-0.6
  69. 30Tanzania-0.6
  70. 30Morocco-0.6
  71. 30Nepal-0.6
  72. 30Paraguay-0.6
  73. 30Norway-0.6
  74. 30Djibouti-0.6
  75. 30Estonia-0.6
  76. 30Comoros-0.6
  77. 30Rwanda-0.6
  78. 30Chad-0.6
  79. 30Ethiopia-0.6
  80. 30Oman-0.6
  81. 30Eswatini-0.6
  82. 31Libya-0.7
  83. 31Gabon-0.7
  84. 31Denmark-0.7
  85. 31Azerbaijan-0.7
  86. 31Croatia-0.7
  87. 31Hungary-0.7
  88. 31Peru-0.7
  89. 31Argentina-0.7
  90. 32Mauritius-0.8
  91. 32Cameroon-0.8
  92. 32North Macedonia-0.8
  93. 32Uganda-0.8
  94. 32Philippines-0.8
  95. 33Colombia-0.9
  96. 33Romania-0.9
  97. 34Georgia-1.1
  98. 35Iraq-1.2
  99. 36Liberia-1.3
  100. 36Sweden-1.3
  101. 36Luxembourg-1.3
  102. 36Egypt, Arab Rep.-1.3
  103. 36Austria-1.3
  104. 36Timor-Leste-1.3
  105. 36Sri Lanka-1.3
  106. 36Tunisia-1.3
  107. 36Kuwait-1.3
  108. 36Cabo Verde-1.3
  109. 36Australia-1.3
  110. 36Kenya-1.3
  111. 36Portugal-1.3
  112. 36Belgium-1.3
  113. 36Ghana-1.3
  114. 36France-1.3
  115. 36Fiji-1.3
  116. 37Guyana-1.4
  117. 37Senegal-1.4
  118. 37Mozambique-1.4
  119. 38Suriname-1.6
  120. 38Sudan-1.6
  121. 39Spain-1.7
  122. 40Indonesia-1.8
  123. 41South Africa-1.9
  124. 41Serbia-1.9
  125. 41Ireland-1.9
  126. 41Armenia-1.9
  127. 41Botswana-1.9
  128. 42Slovak Republic-2
  129. 42Ecuador-2
  130. 42Lebanon-2
  131. 42Switzerland-2
  132. 43Iceland-2.1
  133. 44Dominican Republic-2.2
  134. 44Eritrea-2.2
  135. 45Lesotho-2.4
  136. 46Latvia-2.5
  137. 46El Salvador-2.5
  138. 47Malta-2.7
  139. 48Thailand-2.8
  140. 49Guatemala-2.9
  141. 49India-2.9
  142. 50Burkina Faso-3.1
  143. 50Jordan-3.1
  144. 51Bulgaria-3.2
  145. 52Haiti-3.5
  146. 53Lao PDR-3.7
  147. 54Cambodia-4.3
  148. 55Hong Kong SAR, China-4.5
  149. 56Togo-5
  150. 57Benin-5.1
  151. 57Myanmar-5.1
  152. 58Kyrgyz Republic-6.8
  153. 59Mali-9.9

Annual change in democracy index (EIU)