Global Democracy Index in 2024

Posted by FerenzYangai

34 Comments

  1. ihatewonderwall99 on

    India in a sea of red vs Venezuela in a sea of blue.

    It is much harder for India to get red because a dictator from one ethnicity would get thrown out by every other ethnicity.

  2. South Korea slid 16 places (16 -> 32) and lost 0.41 points (8.16 -> 7.75) during the three years of the previous administration, which ended early following a self-coup attempt in december of 2024…. This is the lowest placement and score it has had since the inception of the index in 2006.

  3. AccomplishedLeek1329 on

    You know these think tank index scores are completely bunk when Iran, which has an elected parliament and head of government, still somehow scores lower in democracy than Saudi Arabia, an absolute hereditary monarchy with no elections.

    Peak “American Eagle Burger Institute evil index” moment. Sure Iran is a hellhole, but there’s no rational and internally consistent explaination to score Saudi Arabia better.

  4. AndToOurOwnWay on

    Thailand is a hybrid between absolute monarchy and military dictatorship, how is it democratic?

  5. whereshallthislead on

    Not saying these is complete bs, but these indices are to be taken with multiple grains of salt. A Western media corporation telling us who the good and bad guys are is a thing prone to manipulation. That stuff is used to justify military interventions and shit.

  6. PurpleMcPurpleface on

    Excited to see the 2026 map and what color that thing south of Canada will then have. Maybe it‘ll be a dark purple 

  7. Intrepid-Car9749 on

    Iraq is an authoritarian!! I wish, but sadly it isn’t. Instead, we got the shitty democratic system (we allow very stupid people to vote and decide). Also, how is Saudi Arabia score more than Iran!? Saudi is an absolute monarchy and actually chops heads of anyone that dares to criticize the regime. On the other hand, Iran has a parliament and voting system and somehow lax speech law.
    *This map is absolutely typical western-mossad bullshit*

  8. Peak western propaganda. Imagine saying the US is a democracy while it’s ruled by a political elite for decades 

  9. AppleGardenImmortal on

    I’m Russian and I don’t understand why Belarus is less democratic than Russia. It has no mass internet use restrictions, and stuff like lgbt isn’t banned there.

  10. wouldashoudacoulda on

    Is Australia not dark blue because we have compulsory voting. I would argue compulsory voting is more democratic, as the result keeps governments more accountable.

  11. SecuredArmadillo on

    This is hilariously bias. It’s propaganda to the most laughable extent. This might as well be a map of “are you liberal aligned or not – map”

  12. SelectionOrdinary230 on

    This checks out for many of them but I gotta roll my eyes for some of them; U.S. 🙄 Germany 🙄 U.K. 🙄 Argentina 🙄 Japan 🙄 India 🙄 Israel 🙄

  13. Well, atleast the Gulf is honest about not being democracies, they outright say they are authoritarian monarchies.

  14. The Spanish democracy at this level? Is it joke, right?
    Spanish judiciary is deeply corrupted and politicized