Degrees of Democracy

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This graphic was created by Jonas Parnow and Annick Ehmann first as a print graphic in the magazine InGraphics Vol. 10 at the Infographics Group in 2017. The graphic was created under the Creative Direction of Jan Schochow and the Art Direction of Klaas Neumann. It received an SND Award of Excellence in 2018. The interactive, extended version was created in 2018 with updated data and additional aspects solely by Jonas Parnow.

The idea of the graphic is to give a different perspective on countries. Usually, we compare countries on a map. This is reasonable as their geographical position and shape is often a dominant cultural and economic driver. On the other hand, arbitrary shapes are hard to compare, map projections are always trade-offs and the impact of globalisation and digital communication demand post-spacial perspectives.

Jonas Parnow is a designer for information and data. Find out more about him at jonasparnow.com and see other projects at visualising.systems.

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Definitions

The categories of democracy are directly taken from the Democracy Index 2017 Report:

Full democracies: Countries in which not only basic political freedoms and civil liberties are respected, but which also tend to be underpinned by a political culture conducive to the flourishing of democracy. The functioning of government is satisfactory. Media are independent and diverse. There is an effective system of checks and balances. The judiciary is independent and judicial decisions are enforced. There are only limited problems in the functioning of democracies.

Flawed democracies: These countries also have free and fair elections and, even if there are problems (such as infringements on media freedom), basic civil liberties are respected. However, there are significant weaknesses in other aspects of democracy, including problems in governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation.

Hybrid regimes: Elections have substantial irregularities that often prevent them from being both free and fair. Government pressure on opposition parties and candidates may be common. Serious weaknesses are more prevalent than in flawed democracies—in political culture, functioning of government and political participation. Corruption tends to be widespread and the rule of law is weak. Civil society is weak. Typically, there is harassment of and pressure on journalists, and the judiciary is not independent.

Authoritarian regimes: In these states, state political pluralism is absent or heavily circumscribed. Many countries in this category are outright dictatorships. Some formal institutions of democracy may exist, but these have little substance. Elections, if they do occur, are not free and fair. There is disregard for abuses and infringements of civil liberties. Media are typically state-owned or controlled by groups connected to the ruling regime. There is repression of criticism of the government and pervasive censorship. There is no independent judiciary.

About the data

The data is mostly based on The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2017. Please note that this list only contains 167 countries. Most notably countries like Greenland, Somalia, South Sudan and Western Sahara are missing. Because of this, the percentage values are only relative to the included countries. Most dramatically, the land mass of Antartica is missing. Find out more about their methodology and the data in their free report. Additional data is gathered from various sources. Find the data below or on Github.

  • [1] Palestine’s population and landmass are combined from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank respectively.
  • [2] Taiwan’s GDP is taken from Wikipedia
  • [3] More on Syria’s GDP on Wikipedia
  • [4] Cuba’s, Laos’, North Korea’s and Palestine’s GDP is from 2016 per the United Nations. More on Wikipedia
  • [5] More on Taiwan’s HDI index on Wikipedia
  • [6] More on North Korea’s HDI index on Wikipedia
  • [7] Eritrea is technically listed as an observer instead of member.
  • [8] Macao has two Apple stores but is not included in the Democracy Index.
CCA3 Country Region Regime Type Rank '17 Rank '12 Rank '06 Score '17' Score '12 Score '06 Population Land mass Gross domestic product HDI EU Arab League Nato OECD G20 Democratic Name Nuclear weapons Apple Store
ISO 3166-1 2018, source 2018, source 2018, source 2013, source 2007, source 2018, source 2013, source 2007, source 2017, source[1] in square km, 2017, source[1] in Billions US Dollar, nominal, 2016, source[2] [3] [4] 2015, source[5][6] EU 2018, source[7] Nato OECD G20 2015, source 2018, source 2018, source[8]
NOR Norway Western Europe Full demo. 1 1 4 9.87 9.93 9.55 5,207,689 323,802 396.457 9.490 false false true true false false false false
ISL Iceland Western Europe Full demo. 2 3 2 9.58 9.65 9.71 331,918 103,000 23.909 9.210 false false true true false false false false
SWE Sweden Western Europe Full demo. 3 2 1 9.39 9.73 9.88 9,801,616 450,295 538.575 9.130 true false false true false false false true
NZL New Zealand Asia & Australasia Full demo. 4 5 11 9.26 9.26 9.01 4,438,393 268,838 201.485 9.150 false false false true false false false false
DNK Denmark Western Europe Full demo. 5 4 5 9.22 9.52 9.52 5,581,503 43,094 324.484 9.250 true false true true false false false false
IRL Ireland Western Europe Full demo. 6 13 11 9.15 8.56 9.01 4,892,305 70,273 333.994 9.230 true false false true false false false false
CAN Canada North America Full demo. 6 8 9 9.15 9.08 9.07 35,099,836 9,984,670 1,652.412 9.200 false false true true true false false true
AUS Australia Asia & Australasia Full demo. 8 6 8 9.09 9.22 9.09 22,751,014 7,741,220 1,379.548 9.390 false false false true true false false true
FIN Finland Western Europe Full demo. 9 9 6 9.03 9.06 9.25 5,476,922 338,145 253.244 8.950 true false false true false false false false
CHE Switzerland Western Europe Full demo. 9 7 10 9.03 9.09 9.02 8,121,830 41,277 678.575 9.390 false false false true false false false true
NLD Netherlands Western Europe Full demo. 11 10 3 8.89 8.99 9.66 16,947,904 41,543 825.745 9.240 true false true true false false false true
LUX Luxembourg Western Europe Full demo. 12 11 7 8.81 8.88 9.10 570,252 2,586 62.393 8.980 true false true true false false false false
DEU Germany Western Europe Full demo. 13 14 13 8.61 8.34 8.82 80,854,408 357,022 3,684.816 9.260 true false true true true false false true
GBR United Kingdom Western Europe Full demo. 14 16 23 8.53 8.21 8.08 64,088,222 243,610 2,624.529 9.100 true false true true true false true true
AUT Austria Western Europe Full demo. 15 12 14 8.42 8.62 8.69 8,665,550 83,871 416.845 8.930 true false false true false false false true
MUS Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa Full demo. 16 18 25 8.22 8.17 8.04 1,339,827 2,040 12.428 7.810 false false false false false false false false
MLT Malta Western Europe Full demo. 17 15 15 8.15 8.28 8.39 413,965 316 12.543 8.560 true false false false false false false false
URY Uruguay Latin America & the Caribbean Full demo. 18 18 27 8.12 8.17 7.96 3,341,893 176,215 58.415 7.950 false false false false false false false false
ESP Spain Western Europe Full demo. 19 25 16 8.08 8.02 8.34 48,146,134 505,370 1,313.951 8.840 true false true true false false false true
KOR South Korea Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 20 20 31 8.00 8.13 7.88 49,115,196 99,720 1,538.03 9.010 false false false true true false false true
USA United States of America North America Flawed demo. 21 21 17 7.98 8.11 8.22 321,368,864 9,833,517 19,390.6 9.200 false false true true true false true true
ITA Italy Western Europe Flawed demo. 21 32 34 7.98 7.74 7.73 61,855,120 301,340 1,937.894 8.870 true false true true true false false true
JPN Japan Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 23 23 20 7.88 8.08 8.15 126,919,659 377,915 4,872.135 9.030 false false false true true false false true
CPV Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa Flawed demo. 23 26 39 7.88 7.92 7.43 545,993 4,033 1.741 6.480 false false false false false false false false
CRI Costa Rica Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 23 22 25 7.88 8.10 8.04 4,814,144 51,100 58.056 7.760 false false false false false false false false
CHL Chile Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 26 36 30 7.84 7.54 7.89 17,508,260 756,102 277.042 8.470 false false false true false false false false
PRT Portugal Western Europe Flawed demo. 26 26 19 7.84 7.92 8.16 10,825,309 92,090 218.064 8.430 true false true true false false false false
BWA Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa Flawed demo. 28 30 36 7.81 7.85 7.60 2,182,719 581,730 17.168 6.980 false false false false false false false false
FRA France Western Europe Flawed demo. 29 28 24 7.80 7.88 8.07 66,553,766 643,801 2,583.56 8.970 true false true true true false true true
EST Estonia Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 30 34 33 7.79 7.61 7.74 1,265,420 45,228 25.973 8.650 true false true true false false false false
ISR Israel Middle East & North Africa Flawed demo. 30 37 47 7.79 7.53 7.28 8,049,314 20,770 350.609 8.990 false false false true false false true false
BEL Belgium Western Europe Flawed demo. 32 24 20 7.78 8.05 8.15 11,323,973 30,528 494.733 8.960 true false true true false false false true
TWN Taiwan Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 33 35 32 7.73 7.57 7.82 23,415,126 35,980 579.302 8.850 false false false false false false false true
CZE Czech Republic Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 34 17 18 7.62 8.19 8.17 10,644,842 78,867 213.189 8.780 true false true true false false false false
CYP Cyprus Western Europe Flawed demo. 35 41 36 7.59 7.29 7.60 1,189,197 9,251 21.31 8.560 true false false false false false false false
SVN Slovenia Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 36 28 27 7.50 7.88 7.96 1,983,412 20,273 48.868 8.900 true false true true false false false false
LTU Lithuania Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 37 42 39 7.41 7.24 7.43 2,884,433 65,300 47.263 8.480 true false true false false false false false
GRC Greece Western Europe Flawed demo. 38 33 22 7.29 7.65 8.13 10,775,643 131,957 200.69 8.660 true false true true false false false false
JAM Jamaica Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 38 39 45 7.29 7.39 7.34 2,950,210 10,991 14.359 7.300 false false false false false false false false
LVA Latvia Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 40 47 43 7.25 7.05 7.37 1,986,705 64,589 30.319 8.300 true false true true false false false false
ZAF South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Flawed demo. 41 31 29 7.24 7.79 7.91 53,675,563 1,219,090 349.299 6.660 false false false false true false false false
IND India Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 42 38 35 7.23 7.52 7.68 1,251,695,584 3,287,263 2,611.012 6.240 false false false false true false true false
TLS Timor-Leste Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 43 43 65 7.19 7.16 6.41 1,231,116 14,874 2.61 6.060 false false false false false true false false
SVK Slovakia Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 44 40 41 7.16 7.35 7.40 5,445,027 49,035 95.938 8.450 true false true true false false false false
PAN Panama Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 45 46 44 7.08 7.08 7.35 3,657,024 75,420 61.838 7.880 false false false false false false false false
TTO Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 46 48 48 7.04 6.99 7.18 1,222,363 5,128 21.624 7.800 false false false false false false false false
BGR Bulgaria Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 47 54 49 7.03 6.72 7.10 7,186,893 110,879 56.943 7.940 true false true false false false false false
ARG Argentina Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 48 52 54 6.96 6.84 6.63 43,431,886 2,780,400 637.717 8.270 false false false false true false false false
BRA Brazil Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 49 44 42 6.86 7.12 7.38 204,259,812 8,515,770 2,054.969 7.540 false false false false true false false true
SUR Suriname Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 50 56 61 6.76 6.65 6.52 579,633 163,820 3.347 7.250 false false false false false false false false
PHL Philippines Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 51 69 63 6.71 6.30 6.48 100,998,376 300,000 313.419 6.820 false false false false false false false false
GHA Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa Flawed demo. 52 78 95 6.69 6.02 5.35 26,327,649 238,533 47.032 5.790 false false false false false false false false
POL Poland Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 53 44 46 6.67 7.12 7.30 38,562,189 312,685 524.886 8.550 true false true true false false false false
COL Colombia Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 53 57 67 6.67 6.63 6.40 46,736,728 1,138,910 309.197 7.270 false false false false false false false false
DOM Dominican Republic Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 55 60 74 6.66 6.49 6.13 10,478,756 48,670 75.018 7.220 false false false false false false false false
LSO Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa Flawed demo. 56 55 63 6.64 6.66 6.48 1,947,701 30,355 2.768 4.970 false false false false false false false false
HUN Hungary Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 56 49 38 6.64 6.96 7.53 9,897,541 93,028 152.284 8.360 true false true true false false false false
HRV Croatia Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 58 50 51 6.63 6.93 7.04 4,464,844 56,594 54.516 8.270 true false true false false false false false
MYS Malaysia Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 59 64 81 6.54 6.41 5.98 30,513,848 329,847 314.497 7.890 false false false false false false false false
MNG Mongolia Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 60 65 56 6.50 6.35 6.60 2,992,908 1,564,116 11.135 7.350 false false false false false false false false
PER Peru Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 61 61 75 6.49 6.47 6.11 30,444,999 1,285,216 215.224 7.400 false false false false false false false false
LKA Sri Lanka Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 62 89 57 6.48 5.75 6.58 22,053,488 65,610 87.591 7.660 false false false false false true false false
GUY Guyana Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 63 76 73 6.46 6.05 6.15 735,222 214,969 3.628 6.380 false false false false false false false false
ROU Romania Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 64 59 50 6.44 6.54 7.06 21,666,350 238,391 211.315 8.020 true false true false false false false false
SLV El Salvador Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 65 61 70 6.43 6.47 6.22 6,141,350 21,041 28.023 6.800 false false false false false false false false
SRB Serbia Eastern Europe Flawed demo. 66 66 55 6.41 6.33 6.62 7,176,794 77,474 41.471 7.760 false false false false false false false false
MEX Mexico Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 66 51 53 6.41 6.90 6.67 121,736,809 1,964,375 1,149.236 7.620 false false false true true false false true
IDN Indonesia Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 68 53 65 6.39 6.76 6.41 255,993,674 1,904,569 1,015.411 6.890 false false false false true false false false
TUN Tunisia Middle East & North Africa Flawed demo. 69 90 135 6.32 5.67 3.06 11,037,225 163,610 40.275 7.250 false true false false false false false false
SGP Singapore Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 69 81 84 6.32 5.88 5.89 5,674,472 697 323.902 9.250 false false false false false false false true
HKG Hong Kong Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 71 63 78 6.31 6.42 6.03 7,141,106 1,108 341.659 9.170 false false false false false false false true
NAM Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa Flawed demo. 71 72 59 6.31 6.24 6.54 2,212,307 824,292 12.687 6.400 false false false false false false false false
PRY Paraguay Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 71 70 71 6.31 6.26 6.16 6,783,272 406,752 29.619 6.930 false false false false false false false false
SEN Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa Flawed demo. 74 74 94 6.15 6.09 5.37 13,975,834 196,722 16.463 4.940 false false false false false false false false
PNG Papua New Guinea Asia & Australasia Flawed demo. 75 67 59 6.03 6.32 6.54 6,672,429 462,840 23.617 5.160 false false false false false false false false
ECU Ecuador Latin America & the Caribbean Flawed demo. 76 87 92 6.02 5.78 5.64 15,868,396 283,561 102.311 7.390 false false false false false false false false
ALB Albania Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 77 90 83 5.98 5.67 5.91 3,029,278 28,748 13.181 7.640 false false true false false false false false
MDA Moldova Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 78 67 62 5.94 6.32 6.50 3,546,847 33,851 8.085 6.990 false false false false false false false false
GEO Georgia Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 79 93 104 5.93 5.53 4.90 4,931,226 69,700 15.139 7.690 false false false false false false false false
GTM Guatemala Latin America & the Caribbean Hybrid regime 80 81 77 5.86 5.88 6.07 14,918,999 108,889 75.661 6.400 false false false false false false false false
FJI Fiji Asia & Australasia Hybrid regime 81 124 91 5.85 3.67 5.66 909,389 18,274 5.079 7.360 false false false false false false false false
HND Honduras Latin America & the Caribbean Hybrid regime 82 85 69 5.72 5.84 6.25 8,746,673 112,090 22.975 6.250 false false false false false false false false
UKR Ukraine Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 83 80 52 5.69 5.91 6.94 44,429,471 603,550 109.321 7.430 false false false false false false false false
MNE Montenegro Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 83 76 58 5.69 6.05 6.57 647,073 13,812 4.764 8.070 false false false false false false false false
ZMB Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 85 70 97 5.68 6.26 5.25 15,066,266 752,618 25.504 5.790 false false false false false false false false
MLI Mali Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 86 97 80 5.64 5.12 5.99 16,955,536 1,240,192 15.318 4.420 false false false false false false false false
BEN Benin Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 87 79 71 5.61 6.00 6.16 10,448,647 112,622 9.238 4.850 false false false false false false false false
MKD Macedonia Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 88 73 68 5.57 6.16 6.33 2,096,015 25,713 11.366 7.480 false false false false false false false false
BOL Bolivia Latin America & the Caribbean Hybrid regime 89 85 81 5.49 5.84 5.98 10,800,882 1,098,581 37.122 6.740 false false false false false false false false
MWI Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 89 75 103 5.49 6.08 4.97 17,964,697 118,484 6.206 4.760 false false false false false false false false
TZA Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 91 81 99 5.47 5.88 5.18 51,045,882 947,300 51.725 5.310 false false false false false false false false
BGD Bangladesh Asia & Australasia Hybrid regime 92 84 75 5.43 5.86 6.11 168,957,745 148,460 261.374 5.790 false false false false false false false false
LBR Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 93 101 98 5.23 4.95 5.22 4,195,666 111,369 3.285 4.270 false false false false false false false false
NPL Nepal Asia & Australasia Hybrid regime 94 111 126 5.18 4.16 3.42 31,551,305 147,181 24.472 5.580 false false false false false true false false
KEN Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 95 104 101 5.11 4.71 5.08 45,925,301 580,367 79.511 5.550 false false false false false false false false
KGZ Kyrgyz Republic Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 95 106 111 5.11 4.69 4.08 5,664,939 199,951 7.163 6.640 false false false false false false false false
MDG Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 95 117 85 5.11 3.93 5.82 23,812,681 587,041 11.463 5.120 false false false false false false false false
UGA Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 98 94 100 5.09 5.16 5.14 37,101,745 241,038 26.349 4.930 false false false false false false false false
BTN Bhutan Asia & Australasia Hybrid regime 99 107 147 5.08 4.65 2.62 741,919 38,394 2.334 6.070 false false false false false false false false
TUR Turkey Western Europe Hybrid regime 100 88 88 4.88 5.76 5.70 79,414,269 783,562 849.48 7.670 false false true true true false false true
MAR Morocco Middle East & North Africa Hybrid regime 101 115 115 4.87 4.07 3.90 33,322,699 446,550 109.824 6.470 false true false false false false false false
BIH Bosnia and Hercegovina Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 101 98 87 4.87 5.11 5.78 3,867,055 51,197 18.058 7.500 false false false false false false false false
BFA Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 103 127 119 4.75 3.52 3.72 18,931,686 274,200 12.569 4.020 false false false false false false false false
LBN Lebanon Middle East & North Africa Hybrid regime 104 99 85 4.72 5.05 5.82 6,184,701 10,400 51.457 7.630 false true false false false false false false
SLE Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 105 104 121 4.66 4.71 3.57 5,879,098 71,740 3.641 4.200 false false false false false false false false
NIC Nicaragua Latin America & the Caribbean Hybrid regime 105 92 89 4.66 5.56 5.68 5,907,881 130,370 13.727 6.450 false false false false false false false false
THA Thailand Asia & Australasia Hybrid regime 107 58 90 4.63 6.55 5.67 67,976,405 513,120 455.378 7.400 false false false false false false false false
PSE Palestine Middle East & North Africa Hybrid regime 108 103 79 4.46 4.80 6.01 4,654,421 6,220 12.766 6.840 false true false false false false false false
NGA Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 109 120 124 4.44 3.77 3.52 18,045,729 1,267,000 376.284 5.270 false false false false false false false false
PAK Pakistan Asia & Australasia Hybrid regime 110 108 113 4.26 4.57 3.92 199,085,847 796,095 303.993 5.500 false false false false false false true false
ARM Armenia Eastern Europe Hybrid regime 111 114 110 4.11 4.09 4.15 3,056,382 29,743 11.548 7.430 false false false false false false false false
IRQ Iraq Middle East & North Africa Hybrid regime 112 113 112 4.09 4.10 4.01 37,056,169 438,317 197.699 6.490 false true false false false false false false
GMB Gambia Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 113 134 108 4.06 3.31 4.39 1,967,709 11,300 1.009 4.520 false false false false false false false false
HTI Haiti Latin America & the Caribbean Hybrid regime 114 116 109 4.03 3.96 4.19 10,110,019 27,750 8.608 4.930 false false false false false false false false
MOZ Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa Hybrid regime 115 102 96 4.02 4.88 5.28 25,303,113 799,380 12.681 4.180 false false false false false false false false
CIV Côte d’Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 116 136 127 3.93 3.25 3.38 23,295,302 322,463 40.36 4.740 false false false false false false false false
JOR Jordan Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 117 121 113 3.87 3.76 3.92 8,117,564 89,342 40.487 7.420 false true false false false false false false
VEN Venezuela Latin America & the Caribbean Authoritarian regime 117 95 93 3.87 5.15 5.42 29,275,460 912,050 210.085 7.670 false false false false false false false false
KWT Kuwait Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 119 119 134 3.85 3.78 3.09 2,788,534 17,818 120.351 8.000 false true false false false false false false
MMR Myanmar Asia & Australasia Authoritarian regime 120 155 163 3.83 2.35 1.77 56,320,206 676,578 66.537 5.560 false false false false false false false false
MRT Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 121 110 133 3.82 4.17 3.12 3,596,702 1,030,700 5.116 5.130 false true false false false false false false
NER Niger Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 122 111 122 3.76 4.16 3.54 181,562,056 923,768 8.253 3.530 false false false false false false false false
COM Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 123 127 115 3.71 3.52 3.90 780,971 2,235 0.652 4.980 false true false false false false false false
KHM Cambodia Asia & Australasia Authoritarian regime 124 100 105 3.63 4.96 4.77 15,708,756 181,035 22.252 5.630 false false false false false false false false
AGO Angola Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 125 133 151 3.62 3.35 2.41 19,625,353 1,246,700 124.209 5.330 false false false false false false false false
GAB Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 126 126 146 3.61 3.56 2.72 1,705,336 267,667 15.206 6.970 false false false false false false false false
CMR Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 126 131 130 3.61 3.44 3.27 23,739,218 475,440 34.006 5.180 false false false false false false false false
DZA Algeria Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 128 118 132 3.56 3.83 3.17 39,542,166 2,381,741 178.287 7.450 false true false false false true false false
ETH Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 129 123 106 3.42 3.72 4.72 99,465,819 1,104,300 80.874 4.480 false false false false false true false false
EGY Egypt Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 130 109 115 3.36 4.56 3.90 88,487,396 1,001,450 237.073 6.910 false true false false false false false false
CUB Cuba Latin America & the Caribbean Authoritarian regime 131 127 124 3.31 3.52 3.52 11,031,433 110,860 89.689 7.750 false false false false false false false false
COG Congo (Brazzaville) Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 132 144 131 3.25 2.89 3.19 4,755,097 342,000 8.513 5.920 false false false false false false false false
QAT Qatar Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 133 138 142 3.19 3.18 2.78 2,194,817 11,586 166.326 8.560 false true false false false false false false
RWA Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 133 132 118 3.19 3.36 3.82 12,661,733 26,338 9.137 4.980 false false false false false false false false
RUS Russia Eastern Europe Authoritarian regime 135 122 102 3.17 3.74 5.02 142,423,773 17,098,242 1,527.469 8.040 false false false false true false true false
ZWE Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 136 148 147 3.16 2.67 2.62 14,229,541 390,757 17.491 5.160 false false false false false false false false
GIN Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 137 146 157 3.14 2.79 2.02 11,780,162 245,857 9.721 4.140 false false false false false false false false
BLR Belarus Eastern Europe Authoritarian regime 138 141 128 3.13 3.04 3.34 9,589,689 207,600 54.436 7.960 false false false false false false false false
CHN China Asia & Australasia Authoritarian regime 139 142 138 3.10 3.00 2.97 1,367,485,388 9,596,960 12,014.61 7.380 false false false false true false true true
VNM Vietnam Asia & Australasia Authoritarian regime 140 144 145 3.08 2.89 2.75 94,348,835 331,210 220.408 6.830 false false false false false false false false
KAZ Kazakhstan Eastern Europe Authoritarian regime 141 143 120 3.06 2.95 3.62 18,157,122 2,724,900 160.839 7.940 false false false false false false false false
TGO Togo Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 142 130 164 3.05 3.45 1.75 7,552,318 56,785 4.767 4.870 false false false false false false false false
OMN Oman Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 143 135 143 3.04 3.26 2.77 3,286,936 309,500 74.274 7.960 false true false false false false false false
SWZ Swaziland Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 144 137 139 3.03 3.20 2.93 1,435,613 17,364 4.491 5.410 false false false false false false false false
DJI Djibouti Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 145 147 152 2.76 2.74 2.37 828,324 23,200 2.029 4.730 false true false false false false false false
BHR Bahrain Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 146 150 123 2.71 2.53 3.53 1,346,613 760 34.895 8.240 false true false false false false false false
ARE United Arab Emirates Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 147 149 150 2.69 2.58 2.42 5,779,760 83,600 377.435 8.400 false true false false false false false true
AZE Azerbaijan Eastern Europe Authoritarian regime 148 139 129 2.65 3.15 3.31 9,780,780 86,600 40.67 7.590 false false false false false false false false
AFG Afghanistan Asia & Australasia Authoritarian regime 149 152 135 2.55 2.48 3.06 32,564,342 652,230 20.889 4.790 false false false false false false false false
IRN Iran Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 150 158 139 2.45 1.98 2.93 81,824,270 1,648,195 431.92 7.740 false false false false false false false false
ERI Eritrea Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 151 153 154 2.37 2.40 2.31 6,527,689 117,600 5.813 4.200 false true false false false false false false
LAO Laos Asia & Australasia Authoritarian regime 151 156 155 2.37 2.32 2.10 6,911,544 236,800 11.749 5.860 false false false false false true false false
BDI Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 153 125 107 2.33 3.60 4.51 10,742,276 27,830 3.396 4.040 false false false false false false false false
LBY Libya Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 154 95 161 2.32 5.15 1.84 6,411,776 1,759,540 31.331 7.160 false true false false false false false false
SDN Sudan Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 155 154 141 2.15 2.38 2.90 36,108,853 1,861,484 58.239 4.900 false true false false false false false false
YEM Yemen Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 156 140 137 2.07 3.12 2.98 26,737,317 527,968 16.511 4.820 false true false false false false false false
GNB Guinea-Bissau Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 157 166 158 1.98 1.43 2.00 1,726,170 36,125 1.35 4.240 false false false false false false false false
UZB Uzbekistan Eastern Europe Authoritarian regime 158 161 160 1.95 1.72 1.85 29,199,942 447,400 47.883 7.010 false false false false false false false false
SAU Saudi Arabia Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 159 163 159 1.93 1.71 1.92 27,752,316 2,149,690 683.827 8.470 false true false false true false false false
TJK Tajikistan Eastern Europe Authoritarian regime 159 151 149 1.93 2.51 2.45 8,191,958 144,100 7.279 6.270 false false false false false false false false
GNQ Equatorial Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 161 160 156 1.81 1.83 2.09 740,743 28,051 10.725 5.920 false false false false false false false false
TKM Turkmenistan Eastern Europe Authoritarian regime 162 161 162 1.72 1.72 1.83 5,231,422 488,100 37.926 6.920 false false false false false false false false
COD Democratic Republic of Congo Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 163 159 144 1.61 1.92 2.76 79,375,136 2,344,858 41.441 4.350 false false false false false true false false
CAF Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 164 157 166 1.52 1.99 1.61 5,391,539 622,984 1.928 3.520 false false false false false false false false
TCD Chad Sub-Saharan Africa Authoritarian regime 165 165 165 1.50 1.62 1.65 11,631,456 1,284,000 9.872 3.960 false false false false false false false false
SYR Syria Middle East & North Africa Authoritarian regime 166 164 153 1.43 1.63 2.36 17,064,854 185,180 77.46 5.360 false true false false false false false false
PRK North Korea Asia & Australasia Authoritarian regime 167 167 167 1.08 1.08 1.03 24,983,205 120,538 17.396 0.000 false false false false false true true false