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Bookmark or Share- 5 charts that show the state of global democracy in 2024With elections being held across the world, 2024 is shaping up to be quite the year for global democracy. In fact, voters in eight of the 10 most populous countries are going to the polls this year.
- Which are the world's strongest democracies? - The World Economic ForumHowever, Uruguay is the only country to make it into the list of “full democracies,” at number 19. Image: Economist Intelligence Unit After achieving significant headway over the past decade, Asia’s score stagnated in 2016 (5.7), and is still lagging behind Latin America (6.3), Europe (8.4) and North America (8.6).
- Does democracy boost economic growth? | World Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests.
- These are world's most democratic countries, according to the EconomistNew Zealand was the only non-Nordic country to feature in the top 5, building on its strong democratic history, having been the first country in the world to allow women to vote in 1893.
- Mapped: The world’s oldest democracies - The World Economic ForumDemocracies also have to be continuous in order to count. Although France has important democratic origins, the country is currently on its fifth republic since the French Revolution, thanks to Napoleon, Vichy France, and other instances where things went sideways.
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