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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Democracy Index

The Economist has examined democracy in 167 countries and attempted to quantify this with an Economist Intelligence Unit Index of Democracy which focused on five general categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation and political culture. The nations were classified as full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes.

In 2008 Sweden was ranked number one, scoring 9.88 out of a possible 10 points. The next nine were Norway, Iceland, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Australia. The lowest ranked was North Korea, scoring a stellar 0.86. The United States ranked number 18 with an 8.22.

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