By Felix Richter of Statistia The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year.

After the most election-heavy year in recent history, democracy has hit a record low around the world, according to a new study. The global democracy index score is at just 5.17 out of 10, its lowest ...

The Index exists to provide that clarity.” Unlike partisan commentary or reactive headlines, the Threat to Democracy Index offers a structured, nonpartisan approach to evaluating democratic ...

Morocco has ranked 107th worldwide out of 173 countries in a worldwide democracy index according to the “Global State of Democracy 2025” report.

Executive overreach and foreign aid funding cuts during U.S. President Donald Trump's first six months in office have hurt international democratization efforts and encouraged populist leaders around ...

Pundits and scholars alike are concerned that democracy is eroding in the United States. These concerns are supported empirically. For example, according to V-DEM, the United States is close to losing ...

The state of California’s electoral democracy has improved over the past 25 years in contrast to the rest of the United States, whose performance has cumulatively worsened, according to a report ...

American children are taught that democracy is the best form of government. I remember teachers saying that popularly elected governments are the “natural” endpoint of all societies. But is this true?