Democracy Index: Trends, Global Average Score Decline, and Regional Variations

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This chapter provides an overview of the democracy index, highlighting the increase in the number of democracies but also the decline in the global average score. It discusses trends in democracy across different regions, including the regression in non-democratic countries and the reversals in every region except for Western Europe.

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