In just 25 countries around the world that are considered ‘full democracy’ is one of the second consecutive year the Greeceaccording to the latest report “Democracy Index” of the magazine ‘Economist’for 2024.

Our country, with a score of 8.07 at 10, ranks 25th among 167 states. Exceeds them United Statesmajor European forces such as Italy and France, which was relegated to the group of “defective democracies” in a year that Macron’s president lost the parliamentary majority, but also developed Asian economies such as South Korea, in which the December was still declared by the law.

This is just the second time since 2008, that is, after the outbreak of the global economic crisis, when Greece is in the “full democracies”. The first was in last year’s exhibition, which reflects the improvement of our country’s performance in recent years. Of the five categories evaluated by the “Economist”, Greece received the absolute 10 in the electoral process and in pluralism, and received 8.82 in political freedoms.

Greece’s worst ratings between 7.23 and 7.29 were recorded on governance SYRIZA-ANELin the three years between 2016 and 2018.

By conquering a second sequential year in the top category of ‘Democracy Index’Greece is on a particularly high podium, as the report notes that in 2024 only 6.6% of the world population lived in an environment of full democracy. The percentage was almost twice as much, 12.5%, decade ago.

On the contrary, about two in five people lived under an authoritarian regime last year. The world average fell to a new historical high, at 5.17 at 10, against 5.55 in 2015, a decline that demonstrates the weakening of democratic values ​​and principles on a global scale.

Nine of countries in the top ten are European. OR Norway It remained at the top, followed by New Zealand, Sweden, Iceland and Switzerland. Sky for another year is Afghanistan. Russia, where President Putin was elected for a fifth term last year, is 150.