The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Uk-based company the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that intends to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are UN members.
The index was first produced in 2006, with updates for 2008, 2010 and the following years since then. The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories measuring pluralism, civil liberties and political culture. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorises countries as one of four regime types: full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes and authoritarian regimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index
Before any of you click the link of source. I would like to ask you to do a little test. Can you name 15 countries that are ranked inside the category of
full democracy?(out of 19)
Furthermore, what country have you traveled to(transit is not valid) that is included in the category of
authoritarian regimes?
I have been to Guinea-Bissau that has the rank of 157 out of 167. To sit here today and reflect the past, it is quite amusing to think about it.
Uruguay is a country I don´t know much about, but is by far the biggest surprise for me in this list.