The level of global democracy in 2022, which was expected to show growth after the lifting of covid restrictions, rose only slightly and remained virtually at the same level as the previous year. This was reported by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the analytical unit of the British magazine Economist, which published the annual Democracy Index survey..

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The latest results show that almost half (45.3%) of the world's population lives in a democracy, and more than a third (36.9%) in authoritarian rule. The global score is 5.29 out of 10, only 0.01 higher than in 2021.

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Significant suppression of personal freedoms, which was primarily intended to protect people from COVID-19, lowered rates in 2020 and 2021. However, all improvements in 2022 were canceled out due to negative developments elsewhere.

What’s more, China, home to almost a fifth of the world’s population, only ended its “zero tolerance” policy for COVID-19 in December, keeping tens of millions of its citizens under lockdown for months.. Government abandons zero covid policy after mass protests against it. But the state's repressive response to these protests has lowered China's democracy score to 1.94 out of ten, the lowest score since the index began in 2006..

Russia recorded the biggest democratic decline of any country in the world, dropping 22 places in the rankings to 146th place..

Vladimir Putin's drive to restore Russia's position as an imperial state is facing fierce resistance from the West, while condemnation from non-Western countries is by no means massive.. Approximately two-thirds of people live in countries whose governments are neutral or oriented towards Russia.

Putin's propaganda machine is trying to convince the global south that the goal of the West is to " In Russia itself, tight state control over the media and crackdown on anti-war protests resulted in an all-time low score of 2.28..

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Polarization remains the biggest threat to democracy in America, though historically high turnout in the November midterms and ignoring candidates still denying the results of the 2020 presidential election helped the country hold on to a solid 7.85 result..

further south. Peruvian President Pedro Castillo's failed coup d'etat weakened an already unstable democracy. The index now categorizes the Peruvian government as hybrid instead of democratic.

Numerous coups d'etat in Burkina Faso led to a drop of 16 lines in the ranking. Failed coup attempts in Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe and Gambia contributed to the stagnation of democratic indicators in sub-Saharan Africa for the second year in a row.

Western Europe, home to eight of the top 10 countries in the Democracy Index, was the only region to record a noticeable improvement in 2022, with its regional score returning to its pre-pandemic levels and Norway maintaining its position at the top of the rankings.. It is closely followed by four other Scandinavian countries..

New Zealand is in second place in the world rankings..

Turkey, the only " This is how the increasingly autocratic rule of its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has affected the country.. This summer, the country will hold decisive elections that could change its democratic status..

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Even before the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, an international survey by the sociological service Gallup showed that Ukrainians became one of the ten most unfortunate nations among 44 countries where the study was conducted.. In the Happiness Index, Ukrainians took 38th place out of 44.

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