Democracy Ranking

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! data-sort-type="number" |Rank

! data-sort-type="text" |Country

! data-sort-type="number" |Score

! data-sort-type="number" |Political System

! data-sort-type="number" |Economy

! data-sort-type="number" |Environment

! data-sort-type="number" |Gender Equality

! data-sort-type="number" |Health

! data-sort-type="number" |Knowledge

! data-sort-type="number" |Gender Comprehensive

|-

|1

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Norway}}

|87.1

|99.2

|84.7

|59.9

|84.7

|84.3

|61.4

|92.1

|-

|2

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Switzerland}}

|86.7

|92.2

|80.5

|82.6

|81.2

|88.2

|73.5

|85.6

|-

|3

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Sweden}}

|86.2

|97.4

|67.4

|71.4

|85.3

|84.8

|66.2

|91.0

|-

|4

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Finland}}

|86.0

|99.7

|63.7

|60.6

|84.7

|82.1

|70.2

|92.4

|-

|5

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Denmark}}

|85.1

|94.3

|69.5

|78.1

|82.8

|81.4

|67.6

|87.3

|-

|6

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Netherlands}}

|83.3

|93.6

|69.7

|59.3

|81.9

|84.9

|68.7

|86.5

|-

|7

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|New Zealand}}

|81.4

|92.2

|63.3

|66.3

|82.8

|81.3

|59.1

|86.8

|-

|8

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Germany}}

|81.3

|90.2

|71.1

|60.5

|78.0

|85.3

|67.2

|83.9

|-

|9

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Ireland}}

|80.9

|91.5

|63.2

|71.9

|75.8

|79.4

|61.5

|84.2

|-

|10

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Australia}}

|80.5

|87.6

|69.8

|59.9

|83.6

|83.6

|70.0

|84.8

|-

|11

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Belgium}}

|80.3

|90.5

|61.5

|55.5

|81.3

|84.0

|68.0

|85.1

|-

|12

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Canada}}

|79.9

|89.7

|68.3

|56.3

|82.0

|82.0

|62.0

|84.9

|-

|13

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Austria}}

|79.9

|85.5

|69.1

|66.4

|80.2

|86.6

|69.1

|82.0

|-

|14

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|79.6

|87.8

|62.3

|70.6

|80.6

|79.8

|64.1

|83.5

|-

|15

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|France}}

|78.2

|85.2

|59.2

|69.8

|78.1

|86.3

|62.6

|82.0

|-

|16

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}

|76.5

|84.2

|71.5

|49.1

|78.7

|83.0

|62.3

|80.5

|-

|17

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Slovenia}}

|75.9

|83.7

|54.6

|62.4

|79.9

|79.3

|64.5

|82.6

|-

|18

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Japan}}

|75.5

|79.8

|57.1

|63.8

|82.0

|87.7

|65.8

|78.8

|-

|19

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Spain}}

|75.3

|83.1

|42.4

|75.2

|76.8

|85.0

|58.1

|80.8

|-

|20

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Portugal}}

|74.8

|85.1

|45.2

|67.8

|74.4

|80.3

|54.1

|79.7

|-

|21

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Uruguay}}

|73.5

|83.3

|52.2

|78.5

|73.8

|71.5

|43.2

|77.0

|-

|22

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Lithuania}}

|72.5

|81.2

|55.0

|70.8

|76.1

|68.0

|49.1

|78.6

|-

|23

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Estonia}}

|72.5

|84.8

|60.5

|31.7

|79.7

|72.3

|56.5

|81.2

|-

|24

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Chile}}

|72.0

|81.4

|51.2

|67.3

|76.9

|76.8

|41.4

|78.4

|-

|25

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|72.0

|79.4

|60.5

|57.2

|74.9

|76.1

|54.5

|76.4

|-

|26

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Israel}}

|71.9

|72.8

|60.9

|65.0

|78.2

|81.4

|69.3

|74.7

|-

|27

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Poland}}

|71.4

|80.5

|53.5

|66.6

|74.9

|71.9

|44.2

|77.4

|-

|28

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Italy}}

|71.1

|75.4

|48.7

|72.9

|73.8

|84.0

|54.8

|75.6

|-

|29

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Hong Kong}}

|70.7

|60.9

|77.2

|91.4

|80.0

|100.0

|54.1

|71.5

|-

|30

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Latvia}}

|70.6

|78.8

|53.8

|71.6

|76.2

|66.3

|44.3

|78.4

|-

|31

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Costa Rica}}

|70.2

|80.2

|44.7

|79.0

|70.1

|73.1

|34.5

|74.9

|-

|32

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|South Korea}}

|70.2

|69.1

|62.8

|57.4

|78.6

|82.4

|75.2

|72.5

|-

|33

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Cyprus}}

|69.1

|77.1

|46.2

|67.1

|73.0

|76.5

|43.3

|74.5

|-

|34

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Slovakia}}

|68.0

|75.2

|51.5

|64.2

|68.3

|72.6

|47.1

|71.3

|-

|35

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Croatia}}

|67.0

|73.6

|39.1

|72.2

|69.9

|73.1

|47.8

|72.7

|-

|36

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Singapore}}

|65.9

|52.2

|90.5

|78.1

|86.6

|79.7

|63.1

|65.5

|-

|37

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Greece}}

|65.4

|68.1

|32.9

|66.2

|69.4

|84.3

|60.3

|69.9

|-

|38

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Panama}}

|65.3

|71.7

|53.2

|75.9

|67.7

|69.7

|28.3

|72.5

|-

|39

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Mauritius}}

|65.1

|73.3

|50.7

|75.3

|62.5

|64.1

|31.6

|67.1

|-

|40

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Romania}}

|65.0

|70.0

|52.0

|73.2

|69.4

|66.7

|38.4

|70.4

|-

|41

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Bulgaria}}

|64.4

|70.4

|49.7

|58.5

|71.7

|70.4

|41.5

|72.7

|-

|42

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Hungary}}

|64.0

|67.9

|52.1

|60.0

|71.0

|71.1

|46.0

|69.2

|-

|43

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Argentina}}

|63.9

|67.4

|46.4

|66.5

|73.7

|68.5

|47.4

|73.5

|-

|44

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Brazil}}

|62.5

|66.9

|46.0

|71.2

|69.6

|64.2

|39.4

|69.6

|-

|45

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}

|61.1

|71.3

|60.1

|38.9

|68.0

|55.2

|32.0

|70.8

|-

|46

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Serbia}}

|60.6

|67.9

|29.9

|60.2

|61.9

|70.5

|44.0

|66.4

|-

|47

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Peru}}

|60.0

|61.9

|52.4

|75.4

|71.0

|61.5

|30.4

|67.7

|-

|48

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Jamaica}}

|60.0

|69.0

|35.0

|62.5

|61.6

|65.8

|29.6

|64.8

|-

|49

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Mongolia}}

|59.8

|72.8

|45.7

|37.9

|68.7

|55.6

|25.9

|72.4

|-

|50

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|El Salvador}}

|58.7

|63.9

|47.1

|75.6

|63.1

|59.0

|22.9

|64.2

|-

|51

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Ghana}}

|57.8

|71.6

|41.9

|76.4

|53.1

|31.9

|16.9

|62.2

|-

|52

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Philippines}}

|57.7

|64.0

|44.9

|77.3

|59.1

|50.0

|25.8

|64.1

|-

|53

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Colombia}}

|57.3

|58.0

|46.3

|79.0

|65.9

|61.8

|30.3

|63.7

|-

|54

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Namibia}}

|57.2

|68.9

|37.9

|73.9

|52.0

|44.4

|19.2

|63.6

|-

|55

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Albania}}

|56.9

|58.5

|36.0

|64.0

|65.8

|68.4

|42.2

|63.3

|-

|56

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Tunisia}}

|56.6

|61.6

|41.6

|71.8

|52.0

|62.2

|30.0

|57.4

|-

|57

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Georgia}}

|56.4

|58.7

|40.9

|68.9

|65.8

|66.3

|28.8

|61.9

|-

|58

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Botswana}}

|56.3

|64.6

|43.6

|73.0

|53.9

|40.7

|28.3

|60.2

|-

|59

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Dominican Republic}}

|55.9

|61.3

|37.8

|70.9

|56.5

|58.3

|29.1

|59.9

|-

|60

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Mexico}}

|55.7

|55.6

|50.0

|71.1

|65.1

|67.1

|25.8

|62.3

|-

|61

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Moldova}}

|55.6

|57.9

|47.9

|61.5

|63.3

|62.6

|31.4

|63.0

|-

|62

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Ecuador}}

|55.5

|55.0

|45.8

|70.8

|70.0

|66.2

|26.9

|65.4

|-

|63

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Bolivia}}

|55.4

|61.6

|44.8

|62.6

|66.0

|48.2

|24.3

|65.7

|-

|64

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Senegal}}

|55.3

|66.1

|37.3

|67.7

|54.7

|43.9

|18.9

|61.8

|-

|65

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|India}}

|54.8

|63.6

|46.6

|68.6

|50.9

|45.9

|18.1

|57.5

|-

|66

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Nicaragua}}

|54.0

|55.5

|41.8

|71.7

|67.3

|62.9

|18.5

|64.0

|-

|67

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Timor-Leste}}

|53.7

|56.8

|39.3

|93.7

|50.3

|46.4

|23.0

|54.8

|-

|68

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Indonesia}}

|53.5

|56.7

|47.4

|72.9

|57.5

|47.7

|25.8

|57.7

|-

|69

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Paraguay}}

|53.0

|53.8

|44.6

|65.9

|62.9

|60.6

|27.0

|60.2

|-

|70

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Ukraine}}

|52.3

|54.3

|42.8

|29.7

|72.3

|62.9

|43.6

|65.3

|-

|71

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|South Africa}}

|52.2

|70.5

|26.9

|48.6

|35.9

|30.6

|27.8

|57.1

|-

|72

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Malawi}}

|52.1

|57.4

|33.9

|96.1

|52.5

|38.7

|12.7

|56.4

|-

|73

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Benin}}

|51.7

|63.3

|44.0

|62.2

|47.3

|26.5

|20.1

|54.9

|-

|74

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|North Macedonia}}

|51.3

|53.4

|27.1

|66.7

|53.8

|67.3

|31.4

|54.6

|-

|75

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Turkey}}

|50.6

|42.6

|51.2

|71.5

|62.9

|64.0

|42.8

|53.7

|-

|76

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Malaysia}}

|50.4

|41.1

|60.4

|61.4

|69.3

|62.3

|45.2

|53.7

|-

|77

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}

|49.9

|54.7

|42.1

|75.6

|54.5

|36.0

|17.4

|54.4

|-

|78

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Tanzania}}

|49.5

|53.7

|41.5

|68.7

|61.3

|40.3

|15.1

|60.8

|-

|79

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Guatemala}}

|49.0

|48.2

|50.8

|66.1

|58.1

|57.1

|17.0

|54.3

|-

|80

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Sri Lanka}}

|49.0

|42.7

|46.8

|83.8

|63.1

|62.1

|20.5

|55.3

|-

|81

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Sierra Leone}}

|48.3

|56.5

|40.8

|93.9

|44.1

|12.8

|9.5

|51.1

|-

|82

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Bangladesh}}

|48.1

|47.0

|40.4

|74.4

|60.2

|51.7

|19.6

|55.1

|-

|83

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Madagascar}}

|48.1

|50.4

|40.5

|87.4

|57.2

|38.9

|4.5

|55.7

|-

|84

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Kuwait}}

|47.9

|36.1

|85.8

|48.2

|64.3

|63.3

|36.9

|49.6

|-

|85

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Honduras}}

|47.7

|44.4

|42.6

|67.7

|58.0

|61.9

|25.2

|52.6

|-

|86

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

|47.5

|49.5

|20.5

|56.1

|53.4

|69.9

|28.2

|53.5

|-

|87

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Liberia}}

|47.4

|50.3

|39.6

|91.2

|44.9

|33.6

|13.0

|48.1

|-

|88

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Nepal}}

|47.1

|45.5

|46.9

|61.4

|67.0

|54.6

|14.2

|56.5

|-

|89

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Lesotho}}

|46.9

|62.5

|24.3

|76.3

|26.3

|13.1

|16.4

|45.5

|-

|90

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Kenya}}

|46.4

|49.4

|35.9

|71.9

|53.4

|34.7

|20.6

|53.5

|-

|91

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Armenia}}

|46.0

|41.5

|32.0

|60.0

|61.1

|63.8

|35.0

|51.3

|-

|92

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Zambia}}

|45.5

|50.1

|32.3

|73.4

|57.3

|31.0

|10.4

|53.5

|-

|93

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Burkina Faso}}

|45.3

|46.2

|41.8

|91.8

|47.3

|25.5

|15.9

|46.0

|-

|94

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Niger}}

|43.2

|49.4

|40.0

|72.1

|33.3

|32.5

|7.2

|39.6

|-

|95

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|43.0

|39.1

|37.3

|51.0

|64.7

|56.3

|24.9

|53.1

|-

|96

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Russian Federation}}

|43.0

|27.1

|58.3

|51.2

|72.7

|60.7

|51.2

|50.8

|-

|97

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Lebanon}}

|42.9

|32.8

|45.1

|48.6

|57.9

|74.3

|39.6

|45.6

|-

|98

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Morocco}}

|42.5

|35.1

|43.0

|69.5

|48.7

|59.0

|29.6

|40.6

|-

|99

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Mozambique}}

|42.5

|53.5

|23.3

|65.2

|35.4

|20.9

|12.2

|47.3

|-

|100

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Venezuela}}

|42.2

|31.4

|33.3

|60.6

|68.2

|62.9

|39.4

|52.9

|-

|101

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Mali}}

|39.5

|36.8

|38.5

|99.2

|33.8

|23.8

|16.1

|33.7

|-

|102

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Guinea}}

|39.4

|35.2

|41.6

|92.1

|41.3

|26.0

|17.2

|38.0

|-

|103

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Togo}}

|39.4

|40.2

|38.4

|65.1

|53.4

|28.6

|7.2

|48.4

|-

|104

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Nigeria}}

|39.3

|41.4

|46.3

|73.6

|34.5

|13.9

|17.7

|38.0

|-

|105

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Haiti}}

|39.0

|36.4

|36.3

|67.6

|57.0

|39.3

|7.9

|46.5

|-

|106

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Bahrain}}

|38.6

|18.2

|71.5

|50.7

|64.4

|66.9

|41.9

|39.6

|-

|107

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|China}}

|38.3

|21.9

|47.7

|53.9

|67.9

|66.0

|38.3

|45.5

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|108

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|38.1

|40.4

|42.3

|69.8

|33.5

|13.3

|19.7

|35.5

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|109

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|35.7

|24.8

|32.7

|70.6

|45.3

|55.5

|29.2

|34.2

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|110

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|34.9

|32.4

|41.5

|61.5

|34.6

|38.8

|10.7

|31.7

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|111

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|29.5

|15.8

|32.2

|57.1

|45.0

|58.2

|23.4

|29.6

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|112

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|22.5

|10.2

|28.9

|70.4

|20.9

|38.7

|14.9

|14.4

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"The Democracy Ranking is interested in contributing to the global enhancement of the Quality of Democracy in a world-wide understanding and approach."{{Cite web|url=http://democracyranking.org/wordpress/welcome/mission-statement/|title=Mission Statement|accessdate=22 September 2023|archive-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113132719/http://democracyranking.org/wordpress/welcome/mission-statement/|url-status=live}}

The Democracy Ranking initiative applies the following conceptual formula for defining democracy and measuring the quality of democracy:

:: Quality of Democracy = (freedom & other characteristics of the political system) & (performance of the non-political dimensions).{{Cite web|url=http://democracyranking.org/wordpress/ranking/basic_concept.pdf|title=Campbell, David F. J. (2008). The Basic Concept for the Democracy Ranking of the Quality of Democracy. Vienna: Democracy Ranking|accessdate=22 September 2023|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122118/http://democracyranking.org/wordpress/ranking/basic_concept.pdf|url-status=live}}

This approach includes also the output of democracies. Democracy Ranking refers to countries (country-based democracies) with a population of one million or more and that are classified by Freedom House as "free" or at least as "partly free" (see also the Freedom House report). The Democracy Ranking makes explicit the "theoretical basis", which governs the theoretical self-understanding of the Democracy Ranking.{{Cite web|url=http://democracyranking.org/wordpress/theoretical-basis/|title=Theoretical Basis|accessdate=22 September 2023}}

The Democracy Ranking understands and measures democracies in a multi-dimensional framework and approach. By this, the Democracy Ranking contributes to a further development of measurement of democracy. According to the ranking, democracy consists of six dimensions (one political, five non-political), with different weights for the overall quality of democracy. Their weights are distributed accordingly:

:# politics (or the political system) 50%;

:# gender (gender equality in socioeconomic and educational terms) 10%;

:# economy (or the economic system) 10%;

:# knowledge (knowledge society, research and education) 10%;

:# health (or the health system and health status) 10%;

:# and environment (environmental sustainability) 10%.{{Cite web|url=http://www.democracyranking.org/downloads/feasibility_study-a4-e-01.pdf|title=Campbell, David F. J. / Miklós Sükösd (eds.) (2002). Feasibility Study for a Quality Ranking of Democracies. Vienna: Global Democracy Award|accessdate=22 September 2023|archive-date=26 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226164836/http://www.democracyranking.org/downloads/feasibility_study-a4-e-01.pdf|url-status=live}}

The theoretical basis of the Democracy Ranking encourages a broader approach for explaining and measuring democracy while covering and integrating non-political dimensions. This is enabled by an understanding that democracy represents not only a concept of the political system, but also a concept that extends to society and the context of society, and includes interfaces between politics, society, economy, and even the environment. Politics (policy) has or should have a responsibility for economic (socioeconomic) performance. Furthermore, there is also a need that democracy reflects the context of the (natural) environment.

Concepts of democracy turn out to be more demanding, the more they move from a mainly electoral democracy (emphasizing elections and political rights) to a liberal democracy (also encompassing civil liberties), and further extending to a liberal democracy of an advanced high quality. In that logic, the Democracy Ranking reflects and requires a "demanding type" of democracy.

Methodically, the Democracy Ranking does not create new indicators, but relies on already existing indicators that are being released regularly by renowned international and/or private non-profit organizations. The Democracy Ranking draws on available indicators according to a distinct conceptual formula and six-fold dimensional structure, thus providing a theoretically based conceptual design (a basic concept) of how to combine and aggregate these indicators. Depending on the source, the content of the indicators varies, extending from peer review assessment (Democracy indices) to indicators that capture performance (e.g., socioeconomic behavior). The Democracy Ranking initiative acknowledges the work of organizations such as Freedom House, the World Bank, and also the United Nations Development Program (more specifically the Human Development Index).

The work of the Democracy Ranking is being reflected in academic discourse{{Cite web|url=http://meme.phpwebhosting.com/~migracion/rimd/documentos_miembros/11462Transnacionalismo.pdf|title=Romo, M. C. Felipe Reyes (2007). Transnacionalismo y participación política. Consideraciones teórico-metodológicas para el desarrollo de un sistema electoral con participación extraterritorial. Congresistas (No. 149-153)|accessdate=22 September 2023|archive-date=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424160137/http://meme.phpwebhosting.com/~migracion/rimd/documentos_miembros/11462Transnacionalismo.pdf|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho/downloads/campbell_u._barth-demokratiemessung-sws_rundschau-heft_2009_02-FINAL.pdf |title=Campbell, David F. J. / Thorsten D. Barth (2009). Wie können Demokratie und Demokratiequalität gemessen werden? Modelle, Demokratie-Indices und Länderbeispiele im globalen Vergleich. (How Can Democracy and the Quality of Democracy Be Measured? Models, Democracy Indices and Country-Based Case Studies in Global Comparison.) SWS-Rundschau 49 (2), 208-233 |access-date=2009-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523201450/http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho/downloads/campbell_u._barth-demokratiemessung-sws_rundschau-heft_2009_02-FINAL.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-23 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11578-010-0083-9|title=Wandel und Zukunftsaussichten des schwedisch-sozialdemokratischen Modells|first=Sven|last=Jochem|date=June 1, 2010|journal=Leviathan|volume=38|issue=2|pages=227–249|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/s11578-010-0083-9|s2cid=145508627 }}{{Cite book|title=Konzeption, Messung und Rating der Demokratiequalität: Brasilien, Südafrika, Australien und die Russische Föderation 1997-2006|first=Thorsten D.|last=Barth|date=June 23, 2010|publisher=VDM Verlag Dr. Müller|id={{ASIN|3639264320|country=de}} }}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSCSfffP7SYC&dq=Campbell+P%C3%B6lzlbauer&pg=PA271|title=How Democracy Works: Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies : Essays in Honour of Jacques Thomassen|first1=Bas|last1=Denters|first2=Martin|last2=Rosema|first3=Kees|last3=Aarts|date=January 12, 2011|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=9789085550365 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXNBsRCBiLkC&dq=Campbell+P%C3%B6lzlbauer&pg=PT28|title=Gender, Politics and Society in Ukraine|first1=Olena|last1=Hankivsky|first2=Anastasiya|last2=Salnykova|date=April 2, 2013|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=9781442693395 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pV1AgAAQBAJ&dq=Campbell+P%C3%B6lzlbauer&pg=PA568|title=Das politische System der Schweiz|first=Adrian|last=Vatter|date=June 12, 2014|publisher=Nomos|isbn=9783825240110 |via=Google Books}} and in coverage by international media.{{Cite web|url=http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/welt/1503362/Globale-DemokratieHitliste_Wer-steigt-auf-und-wer-ab?from=suche.intern.portal|title="Globale Demokratie-Hitliste: Wer steigt auf und wer ab" (2013, December 12) by Wieland Schneider, Die Presse (Austria)|date=11 December 2013|access-date=23 April 2014|archive-date=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424155935/http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/welt/1503362/Globale-DemokratieHitliste_Wer-steigt-auf-und-wer-ab?from=suche.intern.portal|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/only-democracy-can-clean-up-the-planet/article1370861/|title="Only democracy can clean up the planet. Save the ballot box and save the world" (2009, November 20), by Neil Reynolds, The Globe and Mail (Canada)|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=23 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123070656/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/only-democracy-can-clean-up-the-planet/article1370861/|url-status=live}}

The Democracy Ranking analyzes several-year intervals, revealing relative ranking positions as well as changes of score levels over time. Typically, more than hundred countries are being compared in context of a specific Democracy Ranking. Based on ranking results and their shifts, a Democracy Improvement Ranking is being carried out, with a full result release. The Democracy Improvement Ranking places the emphasis on increases or decreases of the ranking scores of democracies. Individual annual rankings of the Democracy Ranking are also published in separate book volumes.{{Cite book|title=Democracy Ranking (Edition 2012): The Quality of Democracy in the World|first1=David F. J.|last1=Campbell|first2=Thorsten D.|last2=Barth|first3=Paul|last3=Pölzlbauer|first4=Georg|last4=Pölzlbauer|date=September 10, 2012|publisher=Books On Demand|isbn=978-3848217984 }}

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• Democracy
• Democracy-Dictatorship Index
• Democracy Index
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• United Nations Development Program
• World Bank

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{{reflist|2}}

• [http://www.democracyranking.org Democracy Ranking]

• [http://democracyranking.org/wordpress/rank/democracy-ranking-2014/ Democracy Ranking 2014]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150212110615/http://democracyranking.org/?page_id=828 Democracy Improvement Ranking 2014]

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