Democracy is eroding in more and more emerging countries. Only 63 democracies remain compared to a majority of 74 autocracies.
The countries with the worst scores include Myanmar, Afghanistan, Egypt and Russia. There are positive transformations in the Baltic states, among others, but also in Taiwan, South Korea, Costa Rica, Chile and Uruguay. But there are 45 disorganized and corrupt regimes from Cambodia to Zimbabwe to Venezuela, almost all of which are governed autocratically. The study also highlights positive examples, for example in Brazil and Poland.