Democracy under siege

A lethal pandemic, economic and physical insecurity, and violent conflict ravaged the world in 2020, marking the 15th consecutive year of decline in global democracy, according to Freedom in the World
 
Countries where democracy improved  
0 Democracy gap (countries that improved minus declined)
Countries where democracy declined


83 52   56 59	43 59	38 60	34 67	34 49	37 54	43 63	
+31
2005	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	
	-3	-16	-22	-33	-15	-17	-20	


40 54	33 62	43 72 	36 67 	35 71 	50 68 	37 64	28 73
13	14 	15	16	17	18	19	2020
-14	-29 	-29	-31	-36	-18	-27	-45
                      


Largest declines in 2020

-11
Kyrgyzstan: Sadyr Japarov seizes power as both prime minister and president in rigged election

-8 
Belarus: Fraudulent election triggers mass protests against Alexander Lukashenko

-4
India: Political rights and civil liberties have declined since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014  

-3 
China: President Xi Jinping runs roughshod over Hong Kong’s democratic institutions

-3
US: Massive protests call for end to systemic racial injustice under presidency of Donald Trump


Source: “Freedom in the World” report, Freedom House 
Pictures: Associated Press 
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