DEMOCRACY
Do political and legal systems effectively protect citizens' rights?
Democracy scores are weighted composites, with each of the four individual criteria contributing one-fourth of the total value.
Scores and methodology
Scores and methodologyScores
undo
selection
selection
Electoral process
Access to information
Civil rights
Rule of law
9.9
1
Finland
Denmark
Finland
Canada
New Zealand
9.9
2
Norway
Finland
Norway
Finland
Finland
9.4
3
Netherlands
Germany
Switzerland
New Zealand
Sweden
9.4
4
Sweden
Netherlands
USA
Norway
Norway
9.1
5
New Zealand
Norway
Netherlands
Iceland
Denmark
9.0
6
Switzerland
Sweden
Sweden
Ireland
Switzerland
8.9
7
Germany
Canada
Denmark
Netherlands
Iceland
8.7
8
Denmark
Iceland
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
8.6
9
Canada
New Zealand
Portugal
Germany
Germany
7.9
10
Iceland
Switzerland
Ireland
Sweden
Australia
7.8
11
Ireland
Austria
New Zealand
UK
UK
7.5
12
UK
Czech Rep.
Belgium
USA
Canada
7.4
13
Australia
France
Canada
Luxembourg
Ireland
7.3
14
USA
Australia
Czech Rep.
Switzerland
Austria
7.2
15
Austria
Slovakia
UK
Portugal
Luxembourg
7.0
16
Belgium
Greece
Luxembourg
Spain
USA
6.9
17
Portugal
South Korea
Slovakia
Australia
Belgium
6.7
18
France
Spain
Australia
Austria
France
6.6
19
Czech Rep.
UK
Japan
Denmark
Spain
6.4
20
Luxembourg
Italy
Austria
France
Japan
6.3
21
Spain
Hungary
Hungary
Italy
Portugal
5.9
22
Slovakia
Poland
Spain
Hungary
Hungary
5.8
23
Hungary
Portugal
France
Czech Rep.
Czech Rep.
5.7
24
Japan
Ireland
Mexico
Greece
South Korea
5.1
25
Italy
Belgium
Poland
Japan
Slovakia
5.0
26
South Korea
Japan
Italy
Slovakia
Greece
4.9
27
Greece
USA
Iceland
South Korea
Italy
4.4
28
Poland
Luxembourg
South Korea
Poland
Poland
3.1
29
Mexico
Mexico
Greece
Mexico
Mexico
1.5
30
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
avg.
Key findings Democracy
Columns are ordered by country rank, in each criterion. Click country name to create line chart. No more than two countries can be selected. "Undo selection" clears chart.