Democracy Ranking


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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