Economist поставил Россию между Венесуэлой и Гвинеей в индексе демократии

The Economist puts RUSSIA between Venezuela and Guinea in the 2022 Democracy Index Russiadropped 22 positions in The Economist's global democracy rankings. In countries that the compilers of the rating classified as authoritarian,

Russia ranked 146th out of 167 in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU - analytical division of The Economist) global democracy index, calculated at the end of 2022. She scored 2.28 points out of 10 and dropped 22 positions compared to the previous rating.

First of all, the decrease, according to the authors of the rating, was caused by the start of the military operation in Ukraine and the related changes in legislation - the responsibility for discrediting the army and strengthening control over the media.

In its ranking, The Economist divided countries into four categories:

1. Full-fledged democracies - this group includes 24 states. In the top five - Norway (9.81 points), New Zealand, Iceland, Sweden, Finland. In 24th place is SOUTH KOREA.

2. Imperfect democracies - in this category, experts identified 48 states, of which the Czech Republic is in 25th place, and North Macedonia is in 72nd.

3. Hybrid regimes - 36 states - starting with Bangladesh at 73rd and ending with Mauritania at 108th. Between them are such countries as Armenia, Ukraine, Turkey and Pakistan.

4. Authoritarian regimes - 59 states, including Russia, were classified by analysts in this category. The top five countries that close the rating are Syria, the Central African Republic, North Korea, Myanmar, Afghanistan (it has the lowest score - 0.32). Egypt (131st), Azerbaijan (134th), Uzbekistan (149th) and CHINA (156th) are also in the red category.

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Ukrainian passport again overtook the Russian one in the world ranking Society

Analysts estimate that about 45.3% of the world's population lives in democracies of varying degrees of stability; 36.9% - in authoritarian states. In general, The Economist recorded that the global democracy index rose by 0.01, to 5.29 points out of 10. Experts attribute its slow pace to stagnation due to covid restrictions that affected the personal freedoms of citizens.

The Democracy Index was formed in 2006 and has been updated annually since then. When compiling it, indicators are taken into account in such areas as elections and pluralism, civil liberties, government performance, political involvement of the population and political culture.