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What makes this data set different from others on the market, for
example, that of Freedom House Index, is that: Number one, we do not
provide the single index of democracy, but look at the democracy from various
dimensions.
Secondly, this based on Pro-Definition democracy than most others, also
including strong emphasis on gender power distribution across social groups and
social rights.
Thirdly, We do not rank countries because we believe it oversimplifies
complex realities. And thirdly, our indices cover a timespan of 42 years.
So, what are the main findings? While regular warnings of democratic
stands still decline or crisis have been issued since the mid 90s. The data
demonstrates that the world has seen actually extensive progress in almost all
aspects of democracies since 1975. Our 2017 report concludes that despite
upturns and downturns which are visible in individual countries, globally
speaking, at the global level, there is no evidence of significant progress or decline
in the medium turn. Much of this progress can be attributed to expansion of
electoral democracies in the past 40 years.
Today, the number of democracies in which competitive elections
determine government power increased from only one-quarter of countries in
1975 in the world to 2/3 in 2017. So, today more than half of the world’s
population live in countries with some form of democracy.
We also see an expansion of civil liberties across the world, expansion of
civil society. Another significant gain, it has been the progress made in political
representation of women in parliament, which has doubled worldwide in the last
20 years to be 23%, still very far from parading.
This finding is somewhat in stark contrast to the rather bleak picture that
has dominated the public debate in recent years. A narrative has taken hold
that democracy is in unquestionable decline around the world. And indeed,
when we look at the last 10 years only, the picture becomes more boring.
Some of the key findings from the recent update:
Finding No. 1. The global expansion of democracy has come to a halt.
Investigate and worryingly, the number of countries experiencing democratic
declines is now greater than the number experiencing democratic gains, breaking
the trend that stretches back to 1980 for the first time. And as you can see in ²£ ´£²¢¡¸¡¡Á¥°£°ª²£l²h²£°À¨
this slide, the data shows that, since 2016, the scores for representative
government have declined in more countries than they have advanced. This
trend is similar when it comes to checks on government, on fundamental rights,
as well as on civil society participation.
