democracy index

Algeria is an authoritarian regime, according to the Democracy Index 2010.

Finally, the democracy index, rounded to one decimal, decides the regime type classification of the country.

The five category indices, which are listed in the report, are then averaged to find the democracy index for a given country.

The following countries are categorized by the Democracy Index 2011 as Full democracy:

However Kazakhstan was reported on the Economist's Democracy Index for 2010, as an authoritarian regime.

According to the Economist Magazine's Democracy Index, the US ranks 17 out of 167 nations.

The Economist subsequently scored Azerbaijan as an authoritarian regime, at 140th place out of 167, in its 2011 Democracy Index.

The following table lists the Democracy Index rankings of countries in the Middle East and North Africa:

As described in the report, the democracy index is a weighted average based on the answers of 60 questions, each one with either two or three permitted alternative answers.

As of 2012, Indonesia is the only Muslim-majority nation acknowledged as democratic by both Freedom House and Economist democracy indexes.

In 2011, Norway also had the highest ranking on the Democracy Index and the Legatum Prosperity Index.

Also, the Economist Intelligence Unit, a private business based in the United Kingdom, ranked it as the lowest country in the Democracy Index.

The Economist Intelligence Unit listed North Korea in last place as a totalitarian regime in its 2012 Democracy Index assessing 168 countries.

The Democracy Index of the UK based Economist Magazine rates Niger as 122 of 167 and an "Authoritarian regime".

Romania was ranked 56th out of 167 countries in the 2010 Democracy Index and is described as a "flawed democracy", similar to other countries in Eastern Europe.

On the Economist's "Democracy Index", Indonesia, Malaysia and India are rated as "Flawed Democracies", exactly the same rating as Israel.

The 2010 Democracy Index classifies Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories as "hybrid regimes", and all other Arab states as "authoritarian regimes".

The 2008 Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index rated Venezuela as a "Hybrid Regime", and as the least democratic state in South America.

Nevertheless, democracy strongly (0.79) correlates with freedom, as measured by the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index and the Freedom Index.

The 2010 Arab Democracy Index from the Arab Reform Initiative ranked Jordan first in the state of democratic reforms out of fifteen Arab countries.

Events of the Arab Spring such as the Tunisian revolution may indicate a move towards democracy in some countries which may not be fully captured in the democracy index.

No political parties or national elections are permitted and according to The Economist's 2010 Democracy Index, the Saudi government is the seventh most authoritarian regime from among the 167 countries rated.

Denmark ranks highly positive on the Corruption Perceptions Index and the Legatum Prosperity Index, and as a full democracy on the Democracy Index.

According to the Democracy Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit in late 2010, Ethiopia is an "authoritarian regime", ranking 118th out of 167 countries (with the larger number being less democratic).

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2008, Uruguay scored an 8.08 in the Democracy Index and ranked 23rd amongst the 30 countries considered to be full democracies in the world.