China has overtaken the U.S. in net favorability and enjoys far more support across the globe, according to a new report.

Data: Economist Intelligence Unit; Note: Countries in gray have no data; Map ... Unit's annual Global Democracy Index report. The big picture: More than one-third of the world population now ...

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world ... in the index—saw some notable declines. France was downgraded from a full democracy to a flawed ...

You can get in touch with John by emailing j.feng@newsweek.com Newsweek has created a map showing the ... rights and freedoms and democracy as a whole," the World Population Review says.

But after we did, the world turned around and headed toward autocratization.” When Mr. Lindberg and his colleagues were first testing their methodology in 2009 and 2010, democracy worldwide was ...

ACTUALLY PREPARES SOMETHING CALLED A DEMOCRACY INDEX AND GIVES EVERY DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD A SCORE. AND SOME COUNTRIES ARE CLASSED AS FULL DEMOCRACIES. SO I'M TALKING TO YOU FROM LONDON AND ...

as its sub-index for free and fair elections suffered its biggest decline on record in 2023. In its report, the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA ...