What is Democracy Index?
{{italic title}} The '''''Democracy Index''''' is an index compiled by [[The Economist]] Intelligence Unit (EIU). This is the research division of the [[Economist Group]], a UK-based [[private company]] which publishes the weekly newspaper ''[[The Economist]]''. The index is a bit like the [[Human Development Index]] but more concerned with politics and freedoms. The index shows the state of [[democracy]] in 167 countries and territories, of which 166 are [[sovereign state]]s and 164 are [[Member states of the United Nations|UN member states]]. [[File:Democracy Index 2022.svg|alt=|center|thumb|upright=2.1|The 2022 Economist Intelligence Unit ''Democracy Index'' map {{Col-begin}} {{Col-break}} '''Full democracies''' {{Legend|#006800|9.01–10}} {{legend|#1a9850|8.01–9}} {{Col-break}} '''Flawed democracies''' {{legend|#66bd63|7.01–8}} {{legend|#a6d96a|6.01–7}} {{Col-break}} '''Hybrid regimes''' {{legend|#fee08b|5.01–6}} {{legend|#fdae61|4.01–5}} {{Col-break}} '''Authoritarian regimes''' {{legend|#f46d43|3.01–4}} {{legend|#a8261f|2.01–3}} {{legend|#660018|0–2.00}} {{Col-break}} '''No data''' {{legend|#c0c0c0|}} {{Col-end}}]] The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories, measuring democracy and [[civil liberties]]. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorizes each country into one of four regime types: [[Liberal democracy|full democracies]], [[Illiberal democracy|flawed democracies]], [[hybrid regime]]s, and [[authoritarian]] regimes. The first Democracy Index report was published in 2006. Reports were published every two years until 2010, and then annually. [[Category:Democracy]]