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Democracy Ranking 2010 (Scores) Total Total Rank Score Score Rank 2008-2009 2005-2006 2008-2009 loss/gain 1 Norway +1 87.29 89.25 2 Sweden -1 87.94 88.18 3 Finland 0 85.19 86.45 4 Switzerland +1 83.39 86.05 5 Denmark -1 83.63 84.25 6 New Zealand +1 81.21 82.82 7 Netherlands -1 81.24 82.77 8 Ireland +1 80.40 82.41 9 Germany +1 80.23 80.72 10 United Kingdom -2 80.63 80.61 11 Austria 0 78.67 79.30 12 Australia 0 77.88 78.91 13 Belgium +2 77.06 78.73 14 Canada -1 77.71 78.73 15 United States (of America) +1 76.59 78.30 16 Spain -2 77.12 77.99 17 France 0 74.64 76.89 18 Portugal 0 74.30 75.40 19 Slovenia +1 72.19 74.46 20 Japan -1 73.08 73.61 21 Uruguay +6 68.44 72.25 22 Estonia 0 70.94 72.18 23 Israel -2 71.31 72.13 24 Lithuania -1 70.25 70.91 25 Czech Republic +3 68.02 70.67 26 Italy -2 69.62 70.63 27 Latvia -2 69.32 70.00 28 Chile +2 67.48 69.66 29 Costa Rica +2 67.26 69.59 30 Poland +4 65.35 69.23 31 Greece -2 67.82 69.10 32 Hungary -6 68.73 69.05 33 Korea, Rep. (South Korea) -1 66.90 67.94 34 Slovak Republic +1 65.31 67.53 35 Croatia -2 65.63 66.52 36 Mauritius 0 63.35 65.00 37 Panama +1 62.19 64.03 38 Argentina +1 61.00 62.54 39 Bulgaria -2 62.49 62.36 40 Romania +3 58.22 61.85 41 Peru 0 58.46 60.66 42 Singapore -2 58.75 60.06 43 Brazil -1 58.37 59.67 44 Trinidad and Tobago +8 54.13 58.27 45 El Salvador +1 56.76 57.98 46 Dominican Republic +1 56.46 57.78 47 Serbia +11 51.80 57.67 48 Jamaica 0 56.28 57.49
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Ecuador Mongolia Mexico Albania South Africa Namibia Colombia Philippines Ukraine Botswana Paraguay Moldova Ghana Macedonia, FYR Nicaragua Bolivia Indonesia Turkey Sri Lanka Georgia India Honduras Thailand Malaysia Bosnia and Herzegovina Guatemala Senegal Venezuela, RB Kuwait Bangladesh Lebanon Sierra Leone Madagascar Benin Armenia Malawi Mali Tanzania Russian Federation (Russia) Morocco Mozambique Nepal Uganda Kenya Burkina Faso Gambia, The Niger Zambia China Nigeria Central African Republic Ethiopia
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56.78 56.62 55.27 54.77 54.70 54.26 54.02 53.97 53.62 53.00 52.07 51.68 51.42 51.20 50.57 50.35 49.82 49.77 49.69 49.55 49.09 49.00 47.55 47.11 46.93 46.80 45.89 45.69 45.48 45.17 45.13 45.11 44.75 44.39 43.56 43.05 42.87 42.55 40.95 39.66 39.47 39.40 38.10 37.00 35.52 34.98 34.78 34.45 33.04 29.48 27.11 25.61
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Green: Country is among the 10 best
Red: Country is among the 10 worst
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Green: Within the highest third of all countries
Green: Within the highest third of all countries
Blue: Within the medium third of all countries
Blue: Within the medium third of all countries
Red: Within the lowest third of all countries
Red: Within the lowest third of all countries
Green: Country has gained in rank since the previous period White: Country's rank has remained stable over the two periods Red: Country has lost in rank since the previous period
Please note: The Democracy Ranking covers countries that are categorized by Freedom House as “free” or “partly free”. Therefore, scores for the Russian Federation and China are “virtual scores”.
David F. J. Campbell University of Klagenfurt Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (iff) Institute of Science Communication and Higher Education Research (WIHO) david.campbell@uni-klu.ac.at http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho Paul Pölzlbauer p.poelzlbauer@gmx.at Thorsten D. Barth barth.thorsten@arcor.de
Recommended citation: Campbell, David F. J. / Paul Pölzlbauer / Thorsten D. Barth (2010). Democracy Ranking 2010 (Scores). Vienna: Democracy Ranking.
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