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Global State of Democracy Report, 2021
November 25 , 2021
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- It was recently released by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
- The number of countries moving towards authoritarianism in 2020 was higher than that of countries going in the other direction, towards democracy.
- The reports refer to three main regime types: democracies, hybrid and authoritarian regimes.
- Hybrid and authoritarian regimes are both classified as non-democratic.
- The report highlighted the case of Brazil and India as “some of the most worrying examples of backsliding”.
- However, India remained in the category of a mid-level performing democracy as it has since 2000.
- The United States and three members of the European Union [Hungary, Poland and Slovenia] have also seen concerning democratic declines.
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