Democracy in 2022: South Asia and selected countries

rank	country	index
1	Denmark	0.889
23	United States of America	0.741
81	Sri Lanka	0.412
97	India	0.306
106	Pakistan	0.260
146	Bangladesh	0.109
172	China	0.040
179	North Korea	0.010

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Data: V-Dem

Liberal democracy index (0=lowest, 1=highest) is based on the following factors: free and fair elections, civil liberties, judicial independence, executive constraints, gender equality, media freedom, and civil society.

Countries are classified as (i) liberal democracy, (ii) electoral democracy, (iii) electoral autocracy, or (iv) closed autocracy.

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