According to the document, Spain regressed last year from having the status of “full democracy” to “poor democracy”, a group in which they also place France, the US, Israel and South Africa.
Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay and Tunisia – the country that recorded the steepest decline – were, at the same time, relegated by The Economist’s assessment of “poor democracies” to “hybrid regimes”, a category in which they also classify Bangladesh, Senegal, Ukraine and Hong Kong.
“The results reflect the negative impact of the pandemic on democracy and freedom in the world for the second consecutive year, with the considerable extension of state power and the erosion of individual freedoms,” according to the aforementioned study, cited by the AFP agency.
Sweden, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom (which loses two positions and approaches the failing democracies) are in the first category of The Economist’s ranking, as are Costa Rica, Uruguay, South Korea, Japan and Mauritius.
For The Economist “authoritarian regimes” are found in Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela, Algeria, Egypt, Russia, Rwanda, Vietnam, and China.
In the last step of the study appears Afghanistan, ruled since August by the Taliban, which became the country classified by The Economist as the least democratic in the world.
Source: Ambito
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