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Type of regime Countries % of countries % of world population
Full democracies 25 15.0 11.3
Flawed democracies 53 31.7 37.1
Hybrid regimes 36 22.2 14.0
Authoritarian regimes 53 31.1 37.6

World population refers to the total population of the 167 countries that are covered. Since this survey excludes only a few countries, this is nearly equal to the entire actual estimated world population in 2010.

Democracy index average by region

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The following table constitutes the index average in each region.[1][2][3]

Rank Region 2006 2008 2010 2011
1 Northern America 8.64 8.64 8.63 8.59
2 Western Europe 8.60 8.61 8.45 8.40
3 Latin America & the Caribbean 6.37 6.43 6.37 6.35
4 Asia & Australasia 5.44 5.58 5.53 5.51
5 Central and Eastern Europe 5.76 5.67 5.55 5.50
6 Sub-Saharan Africa 4.24 4.28 4.23 4.32
7 Middle East & North Africa 3.53 3.54 3.43 3.62
Total 5.52 5.55 5.46 5.49

2011 rankings

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No. Location Index Category Nominal type of government
1  Norway 9,93 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
2  Iceland 9,65 Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
3  Denmark 9,52 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
4  Sweden 9,73 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
5  New Zealand 9,26 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
6  Australia 9,22 Federalism, constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
7   Switzerland 9,09 Federalism, directorial system, bicameralism
8  Canada 9,08 Federalism, constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism,
9  Finland 9,06 Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
10  Netherlands 8,99 Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
11  Luxembourg 8,88 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
12  Ireland 8,56 Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
13  Austria 8,62 Federalism, parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
14  Germany 8,34 Federalism, parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
15  Malta 8,28 Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
16  Czech Republic 8,19 Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
17  Uruguay 8,17 Presidential system, bicameralism
18  United Kingdom 8,21 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
19  United States 8,11 Federalism, constitutional republic, presidential system, bicameralism
20  Costa Rica 8,10 Presidential system
21  Japan 8,08 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
22  South Korea 8,13 Semi-presidential system, unicameralism
23  Belgium 8,05 Federalism, constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
24  Mauritius 8,17 Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy
25  Spain 8,02 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
26  Cape Verde 7,92 Unitary parliamentary republic
27  Portugal 7,92 Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy
28  South Africa 7,79 Constitutional democracy, bicameralism
29  France 7,78 Semi-presidential system, bicameralism
30  Slovenia 7,88 Constitutional democracy, incomplete bicameralism
31  Italy 7,74 Bicameralism, parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy
32  Greece 7,65 Parliamentary republic and parliamentary democracy
33  Botswana 7,85 Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
34  Estonia 7,61 Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
35  Chile 7,54 Presidential system, bicameralism
36  Israel 7,53 Parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
37  Republic of China 7,57 Semi-presidential system, unicameralism
38  Slovakia 7,35 Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
39  India 7,52 Federalism, parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
40  Cyprus 7,29 Presidential republic, unicameralism
41  Lithuania 7,24 Semi-presidential republic, unicameralism
42  Timor-Leste 7,16 Parliamentary republic
43  Trinidad and Tobago 7.16 6,99 Parliamentary republic
44  Jamaica 7.13 7,39 Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
45  Poland 7.12 7,12 Parliamentary republic, bicameralism
45  Brazil 7.12 7,12 Federalism, presidential system, bicameralism
47  Panama 7.08 7,08 Constitutional democracy
48  Latvia 7.05 7,05 Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
49  Hungary 7.04 6,96 Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
50  Mexico 6.93 6,90 Federalism, presidential system, republic
51  Argentina 6.84 6,84 Federalism, presidential system, bicameralism
52  Bulgaria 6.78 6,72 Parliamentary democracy
53  Croatia 6.73 6,93 Parliamentary republic, unicameralism
54  Suriname 6.65 6,65 Constitutional democracy
55  Colombia 6.63 6,63 Presidential system, republic
56  Peru 6.59 6,47 Presidential system, republic, unicameralism
57  Sri Lanka 6.58 5,75 Semi-presidential system, democratic socialist republic
58  Thailand 6.55 6,55 Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, bicameralism
59  Romania 6.54 6,54 Semi-presidential system, bicameralism
60  Indonesia 6.53 6,76 Presidential system, republic, regional state, bicameralism
61  El Salvador 6.47 6,47 Presidential system, republic
62  Paraguay 6.40 6,26 Constitutional republic, presidential system
63  Mali 6.36 5,12 Semi-presidential system
64  Serbia 6.33 6,33 Parliamentary republic
64  Lesotho 6.33 6,66 Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary system
64  Moldova 6.33 6,32 Parliamentary republic
67  Papua New Guinea 6.32 6,32 Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary democracy, unicameralism
68  Namibia 6.24 6,24 Republic
69  Mongolia 6.23 6,35 Semi-presidential system, republic
70  Dominican Republic 6.20 6,49 Democratic republic, representative democracy
71  Malaysia 6.19 6,41 Constitutional monarchy, Parliamentary democracy, Federalism, bicameralism
71  Zambia 6.19 6,25 Presidential system, representative democracy
73  Macedonia 6.16 6,16 Parliamentary republic
74  Montenegro 6.15 6,05 Parliamentary republic
75  Philippines 6.12 6,30 Presidential system, constitutional republic, bicameralism
76  Benin 6.06 6,00 Republic
77  Guyana 6.05 6,05 Semi-presidential system, republic
78  Ghana 6.02 6,02 Presidential system, constitutional republic
79  Ukraine 5.94 5,91 Semi-presidential system, republic
80  Hong Kong 5.92 6,42 Quasi-presidential Autonomous region with limited suffrage, unicameralism
81  Singapore 5.89 5,88 Parliamentary republic
82  Guatemala 5.88 5,88 Presidential republic
83  Bangladesh 5.86 5,86 Parliamentary republic, unitary state
84  Bolivia 5.84 5,84 Presidential republic, unitary state
84  Honduras 5.84 5,84 Constitutional republic
86  Malawi 5.82 6,08 Republic
87  Albania 5.81 5,67 Parliamentary republic
88  Turkey 5.73 5,76 Parliamentary republic
89  Ecuador 5.72 5,78 Presidential system
90  Tanzania 5.64 5,88 Republic
91  Nicaragua 5.56 5,56 Presidential republic
92  Tunisia 5.53 5,67 Republic
93  Senegal 5.44 6,09 Semi-presidential system
94  Lebanon 5.32 5,05 Confessionalist parliamentary republic
95  Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.24 5,11 Semi-presidential system
96  Uganda 5.13 5,16 Presidential system, republic
97  Venezuela 5.08 5,15 Federalism, presidential system
98  Liberia 5.07 4,95 Presidential republic
99  Palestine 4.97 4,80 Semi-presidential system, parliamentary democracy
100  Mozambique 4.90 4,88 Presidential system
101  Cambodia 4.87 4,96 Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
102  Georgia 4.74 5,53 Semi-presidential system, republic
103  Kenya 4.71 4,71 Presidential system
104  Bhutan 4.57 4,65 Constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy
105  Pakistan 4.55 4,57 Islamic republic, federalism, parliamentary republic
106  Sierra Leone 4.51 4,71 Constitutional republic
107  Kyrgyzstan 4.34 4,69 Parliamentary republic
108    Nepal 4.24 4,16 Parliamentary republic
109  Mauritania 4.17 4,17 Islamic republic
110  Niger 4.16 4,16 Semi-presidential republic
111  Armenia 4.09 4,09 Presidential republic
112  Iraq 4.03 4,10 Parliamentary republic
113  Burundi 4.01 3,60 Republic
114  Haiti 4.00 3,96 Semi-presidential system, republic
115  Egypt 3.95 4,56 Semi-presidential republic
116  Madagascar 3.93 3,93 Presidential system
117  Russia 3.92 3,74 Federalism, semi-presidential system, bicameralism
118  Jordan 3.89 3,76 Constitutional monarchy
119  Nigeria 3.83 3,77 Federalism, presidential system
119  Morocco 3.83 4,07 Constitutional monarchy, bicameralism
121  Ethiopia 3.79 3,72 Federalism, parliamentary republic
122  Kuwait 3.74 3,78 Constitutional monarchy
123  Fiji 3.67 3,67 Military appointed Parliamentary republic
124  Burkina Faso 3.59 3,52 Semi-presidential system, republic
125  Libya 3.55 5,15 Provisional Parliamentary republic
126  Cuba 3.52 3,52 Socialist republic, single-party communist state
126  Comoros 3.52 3,52 Federal republic
128  Gabon 3.48 3,56 Republic
129  Togo 3.45 3,45 Republic
130  Algeria 3.44 3,83 Semi-presidential system, republic
131  Cameroon 3.41 3,44 Republic
132  The Gambia 3.38 3,31 Republic
133  Angola 3.32 3,35 Presidential system
134  Oman 3.26 3,26 Islamic absolute monarchy
134  Swaziland 3.26 3,20 Absolute monarchy
136  Rwanda 3.25 3,36 Republic
137  Kazakhstan 3.24 2,95 Presidential system
138  Qatar 3.18 3,18 Constitutional monarchy
139  Belarus 3.16 3,04 Presidential system
140  Azerbaijan 3.15 3,15 Presidential system
141  People's Republic of China 3.14 3,00 People's democratic dictatorship, single-party communist state
142  Côte d’Ivoire 3,08 3,25 Semi-presidential system, republic
143  Vietnam 2.96 2,89 Socialist republic, single-party communist state
144  Bahrain 2.92 2,53 Constitutional monarchy
145  Republic of the Congo 2.89 2,89 Republic
146  Guinea 2.79 2,79 Presidential republic
147  Zimbabwe 2.68 2,67 Semi-presidential, parliamentary, consociationalist republic
147  Djibouti 2.68 2,74 Semi-presidential republic
149  United Arab Emirates 2.58 2,58 Federalism, constitutional monarchy
150  Yemen 2.57 3,12 Republic
151  Tajikistan 2.51 2,51 Presidential system
152  Afghanistan 2.48 2,48 Islamic republic
153  Sudan 2.38 2,38 Federalism, presidential system, republic
154  Eritrea 2.34 2,40 Semi-presidential republic
155  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.15 1,92 Semi-presidential republic
156  Laos 2.10 2,32 Socialist republic, single-party communist state
157  Guinea-Bissau 1.99 1,43 Semi-presidential system, republic
157  Syria 1.99 1,63 Presidential system, single party, republic
159  Iran 1.98 1,98 Islamic republic
160  Central African Republic 1.82 1,99 Republic
161  Saudi Arabia 1.77 1,71 Islamic absolute monarchy
161  Equatorial Guinea 1.77 1,83 Presidential republic
161  Burma 1.77 2,35 Unitary presidential republic
164  Uzbekistan 1.74 1,72 Presidential republic
165  Turkmenistan 1.72 1,72 Presidential republic, single-party state
166  Chad 1.52 1,62 Republic
167  North Korea 1.08 1,08 Juche unitary single-party state
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