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60% of countries are electoral democracies, with North America and Western Europe scoring highest on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index. Norway was ranked most democratic in 2011.
About 60 percent of the world’s countries are electoral democracies, according to Freedom House, a US-based nongovernmental organization. Out of 167 countries included in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s index of democracy, 78 were identified as ‘complete democracies’ or ‘imperfect democracies’. Countries in North America and Western Europe hold the highest scores on this index in terms of complete democracies, while the Middle East and North Africa hold the lowest scores.
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Democracies are often defined as governments that allow for free and fair elections and that give citizens significant civil liberties and liberties.
In 2011, the Democracy Index ranked Norway as the most democratic nation in the world.
In 1989, 41% of countries were electoral democracies. The share of electoral democracies peaked in 2005 and 2006, with 64% of countries classified as electoral democracies.
