Democracy Ranking

Democracy Ranking Archive

- Democracy Ranking 2010 / Global Map
- Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2010
- The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2010
- List of references and scoreboards 2010
- Democracy Ranking 2009
- Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2009
- The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2009
- Democracy Ranking 2008/2009
- Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2008/2009
- The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2008/2009
- Democracy Ranking 2008
- Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2008
- The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2008
- Pilot Ranking 2000

Democracy Ranking 2010 / Global Maps

Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2010*

* The Democracy Ranking is based on a comparison of the most current years with available data. For further details see below.

Rank 2008-2009	Country	Total score 2005-2006	Total score 2008-2009	Rank loss/gain
1	Norway	87.29	89.42	+1
2	Sweden	87.94	88.18	-1
3	Finland	85.19	86.45	0
4	Switzerland	83.39	86.05	+1
5	Denmark	83.63	84.25	-1
6	New Zealand	81.21	82.82	+1
7	Netherlands	81.24	82.77	-1
8	Ireland	80.40	82.41	+1
9	Germany	80.23	80.72	+1
10	United Kingdom	80.63	80.61	-2
11	Austria	78.67	79.30	0
12	Australia	77.88	78.91	0
13	Belgium	77.06	78.73	+2
14	Canada	77.71	78.73	-1
15	United States	76.59	78.30	+1
16	Spain	77.12	77.99	-2
17	France	74.64	76.89	0
18	Portugal	74.30	75.40	0
19	Slovenia	72.19	74.46	+1
20	Japan	73.08	73.61	-1
21	Uruguay	68.44	72.25	+8
22	Estonia	70.94	72.18	0
23	Israel	71.31	72.13	-2
24	Lithuania	70.25	70.91	-1
25	Czech Republic	68.02	70.67	+3
26	Italy	69.62	70.63	-2
27	Latvia	69.32	70.00	-2
28	Chile	67.48	69.66	+2
29	Costa Rica	67.26	69.59	+2
30	Poland	65.35	69.23	+4
31	Greece	67.82	69.10	-2
32	Hungary	68.73	69.05	-6
33	Korea, Rep.	66.90	67.94	-1
34	Slovak Republic	65.31	67.53	+1
35	Croatia	65.63	66.52	-2
36	Mauritius	63.35	65.00	0
37	Panama	62.19	64.03	+1
38	Argentina	61.00	62.54	+1
39	Bulgaria	62.49	62.36	-2
40	Romania	58.22	61.85	+3
41	Peru	58.46	60.66	0
42	Singapore	58.75	60.06	-2
43	Brazil	58.37	59.67	-1
44	Trinidad and Tobago	54.13	58.27	+3
45	El Salvador	56.76	57.98	+1
46	Dominican Republic	56.46	57.78	+1
47	Serbia	51.80	57.67	+11
48	Jamaica	56.28	57.49	0
49	Ecuador	54.48	56.78	0
50	Mongolia	54.40	56.62	+1
51	Mexico	57.50	55.27	-7
52	Albania	52.56	54.77	+4
53	South Africa	54.46	54.70	-3
54	Namibia	52.82	54.26	+1
55	Colombia	53.87	54.02	-2
56	Philippines	56.95	53.97	-11
57	Ukraine	52.89	53.62	-3
58	Botswana	52.19	53.00	-1
59	Paraguay	48.81	52.07	+9
60	Moldova	50.46	51.68	+3
61	Ghana	50.47	51.42	+1
62	Macedonia, FYR	49.05	51.20	+4
63	Nicaragua	50.51	50.57	-2
64	Bolivia	50.44	50.35	0
65	Indonesia	47.51	49.82	+5
66	Turkey	48.67	49.77	+3
67	Sri Lanka	51.07	49.69	-8
68	Georgia	51.06	49.55	-8
69	India	47.49	49.09	+2
70	Honduras	49.74	49.00	-5
71	Thailand	48.90	47.55	-4
72	Malaysia	46.69	47.11	+3
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	46.83	46.93	+1
74	Guatemala	44.65	46.80	+4
75	Senegal	46.98	45.89	-3
76	Venezuela, RB	46.83	45.69	-3
77	Kuwait	44.73	45.48	0
78	Bangladesh	41.09	45.17	+8
79	Lebanon	42.75	45.13	+4
80	Sierra Leone	42.25	45.11	+4
81	Madagascar	45.81	44.75	-5
82	Benin	44.47	44.39	-3
83	Armenia	43.54	43.56	-2
84	Malawi	41.56	43.05	+1
85	Mali	44.30	42.87	-5
86	Tanzania	43.01	42.55	-4
87	Russian Federation*	40.11	40.95	0
88	Morocco	38.45	39.66	+2
89	Mozambique	36.62	39.47	+2
90	Nepal	31.26	39.40	+7
91	Uganda	35.75	38.10	+1
92	Kenya	39.82	37.00	-3
93	Burkina Faso	34.43	35.52	+1
94	Gambia, The	35.66	34.98	-1
95	Niger	39.96	34.78	-7
96	Zambia	32.13	34.45	-1
97	China*	31.05	33.04	+1
98	Nigeria	29.53	29.48	+1
99	Central African Republic	31.50	27.11	-3
100	Ethiopia	26.31	25.61	0

Green: Country is among the 10 best		Green: Within the highest third of all countries	Green: Within the highest third of all countries	Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period
		Blue: Within the medium third of all countries	Blue: Within the medium third of all countries	White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
Red: Country is among the 10 worst		Red: Within the lowest third of all countries	Red: Within the lowest third of all countries	Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period

*Please note: The Democracy Ranking covers countries that are categorized by Freedom House as "free" or "partly free". Therefore, scores for the Russian Federation and China are "virtual scores".

Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2010

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The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2010*

* The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2010 compares the democracy ranking scores of 2005-2006 and 2008-2009.

Rank of Democracy Improvement	Country	Rank Gain/Loss	Democracy Gain/Loss Score
1	Nepal	+7	8.14
2	Serbia	+11	5.87
3	Trinidad and Tobago	+8	4.14
4	Banladesh	+8	4.08
5	Poland	+4	3.88
6	Uruguay	+6	3.81
7	Romania	+3	3.63
8	Paraguay	+9	3.26
9	Sierra Leone	+4	2.86
10	Mozambique	+2	2.86
11	Switzerland	+1	2.66
12	Czech Republic	+3	2.65
13	Lebanon	+4	2.37
14	Uganda	+1	2.36
15	Costa Rica	+2	2.33
16	Zambia	-1	2.32
17	Indonesia	+5	2.30
18	Ecuador	0	2.28
19	Slovenia	+1	2.27
20	France	0	2.25
21	Mongolia	+1	2.22
22	Slovak Republic	+1	2.22
23	Albania	+4	2.21
24	Peru	0	2.20
25	Chile	+2	2.18
26	Guatemala	+4	2.16
27	Macedonia, FYR	+4	2.15
28	Ireland	+1	2.01
29	China	+1	1.98
30	Norway	+1	1.97
31	Panama	+1	1.85
32	United States (of America)	+1	1.71
33	Belgium	+2	1.67
34	Mauritius	0	1.65
35	New Zealand	+1	1.61
36	India	+2	1.60
37	Argentina	+1	1.54
38	Netherlands	-1	1.53
39	Malawi	+1	1.50
40	Namibia	+1	1.44
41	Dominican Republic	+1	1.33
42	Singapore	-2	1.31
43	Brazil	-1	1.30
44	Greece	-2	1.28
45	Finland	0	1.26
46	Estonia	0	1.24
47	Moldova	+3	1.23
48	El Salvador	+1	1.22
49	Morocco	+2	1.21
50	Jamaica	0	1.21
51	Turkey	+3	1.10
52	Portugal	0	1.10
53	Burkina Faso	+1	1.09
54	Korea, Republic	-1	1.04
55	Australia	0	1.03
56	Italy	-2	1.02
57	Canada	-1	1.01
58	Ghana	+1	0.95
59	Croatia	-2	0.89
60	Spain	-2	0.87
61	Russion Federation	0	0.84
62	Israel	-2	0.82
63	Botswana	-1	0.81
64	Kuwait	0	0.74
65	Ukraine	-3	0.73
66	Latvia	-2	0.68
67	Lithuania	-1	0.66
68	Denmark	-1	0.62
69	Austria	0	0.62
70	Japan	-1	0.53
71	Germany	+1	0.48
72	Malaysia	+3	0.43
73	Hungary	-6	0.32
74	South Africa	-3	0.24
75	Sweden	-1	0.24
76	Colombia	-2	0.15
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	+1	0.10
78	Nicaragua	-2	0.06
79	Armenia	-2	0.03
80	United Kingdom	-2	-0.02
81	Nigeria	+1	-0.05
82	Benin	-3	-0.08
83	Bolivia	0	-0.10
84	Bulgaria	-2	-0.13
85	Tanzania	-4	-0.46
86	Gambia, The	-1	-0.68
87	Ethiopia	0	-0.70
88	Honduras	-5	-0.74
89	Madagascar	-5	-1.06
90	Senegal	-3	-1.09
91	Venezuela, RB	-3	-1.14
92	Thailand	-4	-1.35
93	Sri Lanka	-6	-1.38
94	Mali	-5	-1.43
95	Georgia	-8	-1.51
96	Mexico	-7	-2.23
97	Kenya	-3	-2.82
98	Philippines	-11	-2.99
99	Central African Republic	-3	-4.40
100	Niger	-7	-5.18

Green: Country is among the 10 best		Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period	Green: Gain of democracy score
		White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
Red: Country is among the 10 worst		Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period	Red: Loss of democracy score

*Please note: The Democracy Ranking covers countries that are categorized by Freedom House as "free" or "partly free". Therefore, scores for the Russian Federation and China are "virtual scores".

The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2010

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List of references and scoreboards 2010

# Campbell, David F. J. (2010). Key Findings (Summary Abstract) of the Democracy Ranking 2010 and the Democracy Improvement Ranking 2010. Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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# Campbell, David F. J. / Paul Pölzlbauer / Thorsten D. Barth (2010). Das "Democracy Ranking 2010 of the Quality of Democracy": Erstveröffentlichung. Konzept und Kontext. Wien: Democracy Ranking.
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# Campbell, David F. J. (2008). The Basic Concept for the Democracy Ranking of the Quality of Democracy. Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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# Ranking Outcome of the Democracy Ranking 2010: Comprehensive Scoreboards and Scoreboards for the Dimensions
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# Comprehensive List of Indicators Used for the Democracy Ranking 2010
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# Campbell, David F. J. / Thorsten D. Barth (2009). Wie können Demokratie und Demokratiequalität gemessen werden? Modelle, Demokratie-Indices und Länderbeispiele im globalen Vergleich. [How Can Democracy and the Quality of Democracy be Measured? Models, Democracy Indices and Country-Based Case Studies in Global Comparison.] SWS-Rundschau 49 (2), 209-233.
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Democracy Ranking 2009

# Campbell, David F. J. / Georg Pölzlbauer (2010). The Democracy Ranking 2009 of the Quality of Democracy: Method and Ranking Outcome. Comprehensive Scores and Scores for the Dimensions. Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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# Campbell, David F. J. / Georg Pölzlbauer (2009). Das "Democracy Ranking 2009 of the Quality of Democracy": Erstveröffentlichung. Konzept und Kontext. Wien: Democracy Ranking.
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# Campbell, David F. J. (2008). The Basic Concept for the Democracy Ranking of the Quality of Democracy. Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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# Ranking Outcome of the Democracy Ranking 2009: Scoreboards
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Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2009*

* The Democracy Ranking is based on a comparison of the most current years with available data. For further details see above.

Rank 2007-2008	Country	Total score 2004-2005	Total score 2007-2008	Rank loss/gain
1	Sweden	88.58	89.42	0
2	Norway	87.26	87.79	0
3	Denmark	86.03	86.23	0
4	Finland	84.47	86.15	+1
5	Netherlands	83.40	85.43	+1
6	Switzerland	85.15	85.41	-2
7	New Zealand	80.86	81.89	+1
8	Germany	80.65	80.97	+1
9	Austria	81.11	80.81	-2
10	Belgium	80.03	80.63	0
11	Australia	79.92	80.14	0
12	Canada	78.49	79.54	+1
13	United Kingdom	78.84	79.52	-1
14	Ireland	78.22	78.97	0
15	Spain	75.76	78.45	+1
16	United States	76.52	77.34	-1
17	France	75.17	76.50	0
18	Portugal	73.97	75.18	0
19	Japan	72.38	73.28	0
20	Italy	69.26	71.75	+1
21	Slovenia	70.40	71.71	-1
22	Estonia	68.27	71.47	+2
23	Israel	69.13	70.56	-1
24	Costa Rica	68.52	69.99	-1
25	Uruguay	67.27	69.69	0
26	Czech Rep.	65.87	69.63	+4
27	Lithuania	66.34	69.31	0
28	Greece	66.07	68.60	+1
29	Korea, Rep.	64.74	67.72	+3
30	Chile	66.99	67.68	-4
31	Hungary	66.09	67.03	-3
32	Poland	64.36	66.94	+1
33	Slovak Rep.	63.56	66.86	+1
34	Latvia	65.48	66.55	-3
35	Mauritius	62.32	64.80	0
36	Croatia	61.22	64.22	+1
37	Argentina	61.89	61.49	-1
38	Panama	58.65	60.94	+1
39	Bulgaria	61.17	60.48	-1
40	Peru	56.90	59.36	+2
41	Singapore	56.96	58.42	0
42	Trinidad and Tobago	52.31	57.04	+5
43	Romania	51.02	56.83	+8
44	Jamaica	53.92	55.79	0
45	El Salvador	53.76	55.35	0
46	Dominican Rep.	51.73	55.29	+2
47	Mexico	57.60	55.27	-7
48	Brazil	54.94	55.20	-5
49	Ecuador	51.09	53.63	+1
50	South Africa	53.47	53.47	-4
51	Serbia	50.60	52.95	+1
52	Namibia	50.12	51.45	+2
53	Botswana	50.46	50.93	0
54	Mongolia	49.19	49.74	+2
55	Albania	47.08	49.15	+3
56	Ghana	47.76	49.10	+1
57	Colombia	46.27	48.90	+5
58	India	46.89	48.40	+1
59	Macedonia, FYR	45.11	48.29	+6
60	Bolivia	49.31	48.24	-5
61	Ukraine	42.34	48.23	+10
62	Turkey	45.21	47.79	+2
63	Honduras	45.43	47.48	0
64	Philippines	51.19	46.91	-15
65	Paraguay	44.78	46.37	+2
66	Nicaragua	46.82	46.23	-6
67	Mali	46.33	45.40	-6
68	Indonesia	41.88	44.73	+5
69	Moldova	42.21	44.16	+3
70	Senegal	44.82	42.94	-4
71	Malaysia	42.99	42.61	-2
72	Georgia	43.76	42.13	-4
73	Guatemala	38.55	41.99	+3
74	Madagascar	40.48	40.52	0
75	Sri Lanka	42.97	40.25	-5
76	Kuwait	38.00	40.15	+2
77	Venezuela, RB	40.18	39.27	-2
78	Tanzania	37.46	39.04	0
79	Lebanon	32.60	38.95	+10
80	Malawi	35.29	36.26	0
81	Armenia	35.98	35.97	-2
82	Nepal	26.34	35.54	+11
83	Uganda	34.04	34.99	+2
84	Niger	34.42	34.69	-2
85	Morocco	33.97	34.60	+1
86	Mozambique	32.57	34.58	+4
87	Bangladesh	34.85	34.12	-6
88	Kyrgyz Rep.	32.29	33.79	+3
89	Jordan	34.29	33.66	-6
90	Burkina Faso	33.33	33.65	-3
91	Zambia	28.21	31.97	+1
92	Kenya	34.25	30.24	-8
93	Burundi	24.82	29.18	+1
94	Gambia, The	33.00	29.16	-6
95	Ethopia	24.23	24.43	0
96	Nigeria	22.69	23.71	0
97	Yemen, Rep.	19.12	19.56	0

Green: Country is among the 10 best		Green: Within the highest third of all countries	Green: Within the highest third of all countries	Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period
		Blue: Within the medium third of all countries	Blue: Within the medium third of all countries	White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
Red: Country is among the 10 worst		Red: Within the lowest third of all countries	Red: Within the lowest third of all countries	Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period

Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2009

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The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2009*

* The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2009 compares the democracy ranking scores of 2004-2005 and 2007-2008.

Rank of Democracy Improvement	Country	Rank Gain/Loss	Democracy Gain/Loss Score
1	Nepal	+11	9.20
2	Lebanon	+10	6.35
3	Ukraine	+10	5.89
4	Romania	+8	5.82
5	Trinidad and Tobago	+5	4.74
6	Burundi	+1	4.36
7	Zambia	+1	3.76
8	Czech Rep.	+4	3.76
9	Dominican Rep.	+2	3.56
10	Guatemala	+3	3.44
11	Slovak Rep.	+1	3.30
12	Estonia	+2	3.20
13	Macedonia, FYR	+6	3.18
14	Croatia	+1	3.01
15	Korea, Rep.	+3	2.98
16	Lithuania	0	2.97
17	Indonesia	+5	2.84
18	Spain	+1	2.69
19	Colombia	+5	2.63
20	Turkey	+2	2.59
21	Poland	+1	2.58
22	Ecuador	+1	2.55
23	Greece	+1	2.54
24	Italy	+1	2.50
25	Mauritius	0	2.48
26	Peru	+2	2.46
27	Uruguay	0	2.42
28	Serbia	+1	2.35
29	Panama	+1	2.29
30	Kuwait	+1	2.16
31	Albania	+3	2.07
32	Honduras	0	2.05
33	Netherlands	+1	2.04
34	Mozambique	+4	2.00
35	Moldova	+3	1.95
36	Jamaica	0	1.88
37	Finland	+1	1.68
38	El Salvador	0	1.60
39	Paraguay	+2	1.59
40	Tanzania	0	1.58
41	India	+1	1.51
42	Kyrgyz Rep.	+3	1.50
43	Costa Rica	-1	1.47
44	Singapore	0	1.46
45	Israel	-1	1.42
46	Ghana	+1	1.34
47	France	0	1.33
48	Namibia	+2	1.33
49	Slovenia	-2	1.31
50	Portugal	0	1.21
51	Latvia	-3	1.08
52	Canada	+1	1.05
53	New Zealand	+1	1.04
54	Nigeria	0	1.02
55	Malawi	0	0.98
56	Uganda	+2	0.95
57	Hungary	-3	0.94
58	Japan	0	0.90
59	Sweden	0	0.84
60	United States	-1	0.82
61	Ireland	0	0.75
62	Chile	-4	0.68
63	United Kingdom	-1	0.68
64	Morocco	+1	0.63
65	Belgium	0	0.60
66	Monogolia	+2	0.55
67	Norway	0	0.54
68	Botswana	0	0.47
69	Yemen, Rep.	0	0.44
70	Germany	+1	0.32
71	Burkina Faso	-3	0.32
72	Niger	-2	0.27
73	Brazil	-5	0.26
74	Switzerland	-2	0.26
75	Australia	0	0.21
76	Ethiopia	0	0.21
77	Denmark	0	0.20
78	Madagascar	0	0.04
79	South Africa	-4	0.00
80	Armenia	-2	0.00
81	Austria	-2	-0.30
82	Malaysia	-2	-0.37
83	Argentina	-1	-0.40
84	Nicaragua	-6	-0.58
85	Jordan	-6	-0.63
86	Bulgaria	-1	-0.69
87	Bangladesh	-6	-0.73
88	Venezuela, RB	-2	-0.91
89	Mali	-6	-0.93
90	Bolivia	-5	-1.06
91	Georgia	-4	-1.63
92	Senegal	-4	-1.88
93	Mexico	-7	-2.33
94	Sri Lanka	-5	-2.72
95	Gambia, The	-6	-3.84
96	Kenya	-8	-4.01
97	Philippines	-15	-4.28

Green: Country is among the 10 best		Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period	Green: Gain of democracy score
		White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
Red: Country is among the 10 worst		Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period	Red: Loss of democracy score

The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2009

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Democracy Ranking 2008/2009

# Campbell, David F. J. / Georg Pölzlbauer (2009). The Democracy Ranking 2008/2009 of the Quality of Democracy: Method and Ranking Outcome. Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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# Campbell, David F. J. (2008). The Basic Concept for the Democracy Ranking of the Quality of Democracy. Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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# Ranking Outcome of the Democracy Ranking 2008/2009: Scoreboards
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# Campbell, David F. J. / Georg Pölzlbauer (2008). Demokratieranking 2008/2009 von Demokratiequalität: Erstveröffentlichung / Konzept und Kontext. Wien: Democracy Ranking.
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Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2008/2009*

* The Democracy Ranking is based on a comparison of the most current years with available data. For further details see above.

Rank 2005-2006	Country	Total score 2002-2003	Total score 2005-2006	Rank loss/gain
1	Sweden	88.69	89.54	0
2	Norway	86.77	87.72	0
3	Denmark	86.08	87.13	0
4	Finland	83.78	85.82	0
5	Switzerland	82.59	85.39	+1
6	Netherlands	83.42	84.90	-1
7	New Zealand	81.47	82.78	0
8	Austria	80.89	82.75	+1
9	Australia	80.92	82.00	-1
10	Belgium	79.82	81.89	+1
11	Germany	80.25	81.38	-1
12	United Kingdom	78.82	80.50	0
13	Canada	78.57	80.21	0
14	Ireland	76.82	79.54	+1
15	Spain	75.57	78.72	+2
16	United States	77.01	78.22	-2
17	France	75.87	76.94	-1
18	Portugal	75.09	75.74	0
19	Japan	73.05	74.41	0
20	Slovenia	71.10	72.51	0
21	Israel	70.68	72.44	+1
22	Italy	70.71	72.35	-1
23	Estonia	66.47	71.69	+1
24	Costa Rica	69.16	71.54	-1
25	Greece	66.19	70.69	+2
26	Lithuania	66.35	70.63	-1
27	Latvia	65.69	69.29	+1
28	Uruguay	64.37	69.17	+4
29	Czech Republic	64.69	68.96	+2
30	Chile	65.52	68.92	-1
31	Hungary	66.26	68.65	-5
32	Korea Rep.	63.54	68.31	+2
33	Poland	65.45	67.08	-3
34	Slovak Republic	62.44	66.66	+2
35	Mauritius	63.74	65.68	-2
36	Argentina	59.76	64.59	+3
37	Croatia	60.88	64.44	0
38	Bulgaria	62.74	63.88	-3
39	Panama	60.05	62.70	-1
40	Mexico	58.74	60.38	+1
41	Peru	59.09	60.22	-1
42	Singapore	54.48	59.15	+5
43	Brazil	56.84	58.27	-1
44	Romania	55.80	57.29	-1
45	El Salvador	54.30	56.71	+3
46	Dominican Republic	53.86	56.43	+4
47	Trinidad and Tobago	53.19	56.28	+5
48	Ecuador	52.68	56.28	+6
49	Jamaica	55.02	56.16	-4
50	South Africa	53.78	55.52	+1
51	Bolivia	55.17	54.74	-7
52	Mongolia	54.02	54.61	-3
53	Philippines	54.55	54.10	-7
54	Ghana	47.06	52.11	+12
55	Colombia	48.52	51.73	+8
56	Albania	52.39	51.72	-1
57	Namibia	50.18	51.59	0
58	India	48.52	51.48	+4
59	Botswana	52.82	51.39	-6
60	Ukraine	42.51	51.26	+15
61	Honduras	48.67	51.14	-1
62	Senegal	48.56	50.84	-1
63	Nicaragua	50.53	50.82	-7
64	Mali	49.41	49.85	-6
65	Macedonia, FYR	48.50	49.37	-1
66	Turkey	43.29	48.75	+8
67	Georgia	44.69	48.45	+4
68	Moldova	47.31	48.20	-3
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.64	47.41	+10
70	Paraguay	46.33	47.39	-2
71	Indonesia	42.48	46.93	+5
72	Papua New Guinea	49.31	46.42	-13
73	Guatemala	44.63	46.17	-1
74	Benin	43.86	46.10	-1
75	Srik Lanka	46.58	46.04	-8
76	Malaysia	42.07	45.79	+1
77	Venezuela, RB	45.18	45.09	-7
78	Madagascar	45.61	44.93	-9
79	Tanzania	41.30	42.46	+1
80	Kuwait	39.99	42.38	+2
81	Niger	35.92	41.23	+9
82	Lebanon	30.62	40.39	+14
83	Bangladesh	38.16	40.39	0
84	Jordan	34.60	39.37	+8
85	Malawi	36.90	39.23	+3
86	Kenya	31.89	39.21	+8
87	Morocco	37.42	39.01	-1
88	Uganda	36.05	38.82	+1
89	Guinea-Bissau	29.53	38.67	+9
90	Kyrgyz Republic	34.62	38.35	+1
91	Burkina Faso	37.99	38.33	-7
92	Armenia	41.94	38.08	-14
93	Mozambique	37.17	37.77	-6
94	Gambia, The	37.94	37.37	-9
95	Gabon	40.26	35.93	-14
96	Burundi	25.02	35.75	+6
97	Sierra Leone	34.58	35.45	-4
98	Mauritania	30.66	32.68	-3
99	Ethiopia	28.78	31.12	0
100	Central Africa	26.27	30.91	+1
101	Zambia	30.57	30.87	-4
102	Nigeria	26.46	29.59	-2
103	Yemen, Rep.	24.50	24.49	0

Green: Country is among the 10 best		Green: Within the highest third of all countries	Green: Within the highest third of all countries	Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period
		Blue: Within the medium third of all countries	Blue: Within the medium third of all countries	White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
Red: Country is among the 10 worst		Red: Within the lowest third of all countries	Red: Within the lowest third of all countries	Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period

Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2008/2009

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The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2008/2009*

* The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2008/2009 compares the democracy ranking scores of 2002-2003 and 2005-2006.

Rank of Democracy Improvement	Country	Rank loss/gain	Democracy loss/gain Score
1	Burundi	+6	10.7
2	Lebanon	+14	9.8
3	Guinea-Bissau	+9	9.1
4	Ukraine	+15	8.8
5	Kenya	+8	7.3
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	+10	5.8
7	Turkey	+8	5.5
8	Niger	+9	5.3
9	Estonia	+1	5.2
10	Ghana	+12	5.0
11	Argentina	+3	4.8
12	Uruguay	+4	4.8
13	Jordan	+8	4.8
14	Korea, Rep.	+2	4.8
15	Singapore	+5	4.7
16	Central African Republic	+1	4.6
17	Greece	+2	4.5
18	Indonesia	+5	4.4
19	Lithuania	-1	4.3
20	Czech Republic	+2	4.3
21	Slovak Republic	+2	4.2
22	Georgia	+4	3.8
23	Kyrgyz Republic	+1	3.7
24	Malaysia	+1	3.7
25	Latvia	+1	3.6
26	Ecuador	+6	3.6
27	Croatia	0	3.6
28	Chile	-1	3.4
29	Colombia	+8	3.2
30	Spain	+2	3.2
31	Nigeria	-2	3.1
32	Trinidad and Tobago	+5	3.1
33	India	+4	3.0
34	Switzerland	+1	2.8
35	Uganda	+1	2.8
36	Ireland	+1	2.7
37	Panama	-1	2.7
38	Dominican Republic	+4	2.6
39	Honduras	-1	2.5
40	El Salvador	+3	2.4
41	Kuwait	+2	2.4
42	Hungary	-5	2.4
43	Costa Rica	-1	2.4
44	Ethiopia	0	2.3
45	Malawi	+3	2.3
46	Senegal	-1	2.3
47	Benin	-1	2.2
48	Bangladesh	0	2.2
49	Belgium	+1	2.1
50	Finland	0	2.0
51	Mauritania	-3	2.0
52	Mauritius	-2	1.9
53	Austria	+1	1.9
54	Israel	+1	1.8
55	South Africa	+1	1.7
56	United Kingdom	0	1.7
57	Mexico	+1	1.6
58	Italy	-1	1.6
59	Canada	0	1.6
60	Poland	-3	1.6
61	Morocco	-1	1.6
62	Guatemala	-1	1.5
63	Romania	-1	1.5
64	Netherlands	-1	1.5
65	Brazil	-1	1.4
66	Namibia	0	1.4
67	Slovenia	0	1.4
68	Japan	0	1.4
69	New Zealand	0	1.3
70	United States	-2	1.2
71	Tanzania	+1	1.2
72	Bulgaria	-3	1.1
73	Jamaica	-4	1.1
74	Peru	-1	1.1
75	Germany	-1	1.1
76	Australia	-1	1.1
77	France	-1	1.1
78	Paraguay	-2	1.1
79	Denmark	0	1.0
80	Norway	0	1.0
81	Moldova	-3	0.9
82	Sierra Leone	-4	0.9
83	Macedonia, FYR	-1	0.9
84	Sweden	0	0.8
85	Portugal	0	0.7
86	Mozambique	-6	0.6
87	Mongolia	-3	0.6
88	Mali	-6	0.4
89	Burkina Faso	-7	0.3
90	Zambia	-4	0.3
91	Nicaragua	-7	0.3
92	Yemen, Rep.	0	0.0
93	Venezuela, RB	-7	-0.1
94	Bolivia	-7	-0.4
95	Philippines	-7	-0.4
96	Sri Lanka	-8	-0.5
97	Gambia, The	-9	-0.6
98	Albania	-1	-0.7
99	Madagascar	-9	-0.7
100	Botswana	-6	-1.4
101	Papa New Guinea	-13	-2.9
102	Armenia	-14	-3.9
103	Gabon	-14	-4.3

Green: Country is among the 10 best		Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period	Green: Gain of democracy score
		White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
Red: Country is among the 10 worst		Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period	Red: Loss of democracy score

The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2008/2009

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Democracy Ranking 2008

# Campbell, David F. J. / Georg Pölzlbauer (2008). The Democracy Ranking 2008 of the Quality of Democracy: Method and Ranking Outcome. Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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# Campbell, David F. J. (2008). The Basic Concept for the Democracy Ranking of the Quality of Democracy. Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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# Ranking Outcome of the Democracy Ranking 2008: Scoreboards
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Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2008*

* The Democracy Ranking is based on a comparison of the most current years with available data. For further details see above.

Rank 2004-2005	Country	Total score 2001-2002	Total score 2004-2005	Rank loss/gain
1	Sweden	89.08	90.25	0
2	Norway	87.54	89.47	0
3	Denmark	87.42	88.65	0
4	Switzerland	86.55	87.53	0
5	Finland	85.24	86.61	0
6	Netherlands	84.46	86.06	0
7	New Zealand	83.29	85.09	+1
8	Austria	83.34	84.72	-1
9	Australia	82.41	84.37	0
10	United Kingdom	80.29	83.95	+4
11	Germany	80.96	83.83	+1
12	United States	81.89	83.42	-2
13	Belgium	80.51	83.19	0
14	Ireland	80.13	82.81	+1
15	Canada	81.36	82.27	-4
16	France	78.57	81.36	0
17	Spain	77.60	81.05	0
18	Portugal	77.30	78.41	0
19	Italy	74.47	77.54	+1
20	Japan	75.61	77.04	-1
21	Slovenia	73.36	76.73	0
22	Israel	73.29	75.72	0
23	Costa Rica	70.32	74.79	+1
24	Hungary	68.59	73.20	+1
25	Estonia	67.53	73.17	+2
26	Latvia	67.52	72.19	+2
27	Czech Republic	67.14	71.89	+4
28	Lithuania	67.33	71.60	+1
29	Uruguay	70.44	71.57	-6
30	Greece	67.26	71.51	0
31	Chile	65.62	70.90	+2
32	Mauritius	67.84	70.74	-6
33	Poland	66.90	70.71	-1
34	Slovak Republic	65.34	70.34	0
35	Korea. Rep.	64.67	70.29	0
36	Argentina	59.63	65.63	+5
37	Bulgaria	62.29	65.46	+1
38	Panama	63.38	65.34	-2
39	Croatia	62.51	64.89	-2
40	Mexico	60.07	63.31	0
41	Peru	60.60	60.86	-2
42	Brazil	57.55	60.49	+3
43	South Africa	59.54	59.89	-1
44	Ghana	52.27	59.46	+14
45	Dominican Republic	59.50	59.34	-2
46	Singapore	53.61	58.75	+7
47	El Salvador	56.47	58.42	+2
48	Romania	57.84	58.31	-4
49	Jamaica	57.19	57.71	-2
50	Philippines	57.47	56.99	-4
51	Mongolia	53.75	55.93	0
52	Trinidad and Tobago	52.75	55.61	+2
53	Mali	51.03	54.94	+8
54	Ecuador	52.30	54.90	+3
55	Albania	51.47	54.68	+5
56	Namibia	52.58	53.97	0
57	India	52.71	53.80	-2
58	Papua New Guinea	55.99	53.44	-8
59	Nicaragua	52.15	53.12	0
60	Colombia	49.39	53.00	+3
61	Bolivia	56.71	53.00	-13
62	Botswana	53.64	52.89	-10
63	Sri Lanka	47.29	52.38	+3
64	Senegal	47.21	51.68	+5
65	Honduras	49.76	51.43	-3
66	Ukraine	44.76	51.29	+8
67	Macedonia. FYR	47.28	51.26	0
68	Paraguay	48.05	51.20	-3
69	Benin	46.62	50.49	+2
70	Georgia	45.44	49.77	+3
71	Turkey	41.75	49.61	+6
72	Indonesia	44.67	49.36	+3
73	Moldova	49.06	49.00	-9
74	Madagascar	47.25	48.69	-6
75	Malaysia	40.67	48.13	+5
76	Venezuela. RB	45.90	45.06	-4
77	Guatemala	46.79	44.78	-7
78	Bangladesh	41.74	42.53	0
79	Tanzania	41.06	42.46	0
80	Jordan	35.87	42.28	+7
81	Niger	34.38	41.70	+8
82	Armenia	43.60	41.29	-6
83	Kenya	25.49	41.25	+13
84	Morocco	37.55	41.00	-1
85	Kuwait	38.13	39.86	-3
86	Guinea-Bissau	32.66	38.77	+4
87	Gambia. The	35.07	38.51	+1
88	Mozambique	37.49	38.43	-4
89	Uganda	32.46	38.31	+2
90	Burkina Faso	38.24	37.52	-9
91	Malawi	37.33	37.11	-6
92	Sierra Leone	31.32	36.87	0
93	Gabon	37.10	34.55	-7
94	Burundi	22.07	32.32	+3
95	Nigeria	26.55	31.23	0
96	Zambia	28.89	28.64	-2
97	Ethiopia	29.02	28.26	-4
98	Yemen, Rep.	21.67	26.05	0

Green: Country is among the 10 best		Green: Within the highest third of all countries	Green: Within the highest third of all countries	Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period
		Blue: Within the medium third of all countries	Blue: Within the medium third of all countries	White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
Red: Country is among the 10 worst		Red: Within the lowest third of all countries	Red: Within the lowest third of all countries	Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period

Scores of the Democracy Ranking 2008

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The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2008*

* The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2008 compares the democracy ranking scores of 2001-2002 and 2004-2005.

Rank of Democracy Improvement	Country	Rank loss/gain	Democracy loss/gain Score
1	Kenya	+13	15.8
2	Burundi	+3	10.2
3	Turkey	+6	7.9
4	Malaysia	+5	7.5
5	Niger	+8	7.3
6	Ghana	+14	7.2
7	Ukraine	+8	6.5
8	Jordan	+7	6.4
9	Guinea-Bissau	+4	6.1
10	Argentina	+5	6.0
11	Uganda	+2	5.8
12	Estonia	+2	5.6
13	Korea. Rep.	0	5.6
14	Sierra Leone	0	5.6
15	Chile	+2	5.3
16	Singapore	+7	5.1
17	Sri Lanka	+3	5.1
18	Slovak Republic	0	5.0
19	Czech Republic	+4	4.8
20	Indonesia	+3	4.7
21	Nigeria	0	4.7
22	Latvia	+2	4.7
23	Hungary	+1	4.6
24	Senegal	+5	4.5
25	Costa Rica	+1	4.5
26	Yemen. Rep.	0	4.4
27	Georgia	+3	4.3
28	Lithuania	+1	4.3
29	Greece	0	4.2
30	Macedonia. FYR	0	4.0
31	Mali	+8	3.9
32	Benin	+2	3.9
33	Poland	-1	3.8
34	United Kingdom	+4	3.7
35	Colombia	+3	3.6
36	Spain	0	3.4
37	Morocco	-1	3.4
38	Gambia. The	+1	3.4
39	Slovenia	0	3.4
40	Mexico	0	3.2
41	Albania	+5	3.2
42	Bulgaria	+1	3.2
43	Paraguay	-3	3.1
44	Italy	+1	3.1
45	Brazil	+3	2.9
46	Mauritius	-6	2.9
47	Germany	+1	2.9
48	Trinidad and Tobago	+2	2.9
49	France	0	2.8
50	Belgium	0	2.7
51	Ireland	+1	2.7
52	Ecuador	+3	2.6
53	Israel	0	2.4
54	Croatia	-2	2.4
55	Mongolia	0	2.2
56	Panama	-2	2.0
57	El Salvador	+2	2.0
58	Australia	0	2.0
59	Norway	0	1.9
60	New Zealand	+1	1.8
61	Kuwait	-3	1.7
62	Honduras	-3	1.7
63	Netherlands	0	1.6
64	United States	-2	1.5
65	Madagascar	-6	1.4
66	Japan	-1	1.4
67	Tanzania	0	1.4
68	Namibia	0	1.4
69	Austria	-1	1.4
70	Finland	0	1.4
71	Denmark	0	1.2
72	Sweden	0	1.2
73	Uruguay	-6	1.1
74	Portugal	0	1.1
75	India	-2	1.1
76	Switzerland	0	1.0
77	Nicaragua	0	1.0
78	Mozambique	-4	0.9
79	Canada	-4	0.9
80	Bangladesh	0	0.8
81	Jamaica	-2	0.5
82	Romania	-4	0.5
83	South Africa	-1	0.4
84	Peru	-2	0.3
85	Moldova	-9	-0.1
86	Dominican Republic	-2	-0.2
87	Malawi	-6	-0.2
88	Zambia	-2	-0.3
89	Philippines	-4	-0.5
90	Burkina Faso	-9	-0.7
91	Botswana	-10	-0.7
92	Ethiopia	-4	-0.8
93	Venezuela. RB	-4	-0.8
94	Guatemala	-7	-2.0
95	Armenia	-6	-2.3
96	Gabon	-7	-2.5
97	Papua New Guinea	-8	-2.6
98	Bolivia	-13	-3.7

Green: Country is among the 10 best		Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period	Green: Gain of democracy score
		White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods
Red: Country is among the 10 worst		Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period	Red: Loss of democracy score

The Democracy Improvement Ranking 2008

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Pilot Ranking 2000

# Campbell, David F. J. / Miklós Sükösd (eds.) (2003). Global Quality Ranking of Democracies: Pilot Ranking 2000. Vienna: Global Democracy Award.
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