This infographic shows the distribution of countries worldwide according to the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the most election-heavy year in recent history, democracy has hit a record low around the world, according to a new study.

The Index exists to provide that clarity.” Unlike partisan commentary or reactive headlines, the Threat to Democracy Index offers a structured, nonpartisan approach to evaluating democratic ...

Joan Hoey, director of The Democracy Index at the Economist Intelligence Unit, discusses the latest findings of its report noting an increase of eight in the number of authoritarian regimes in the ...

India's democracy stands at a crossroads tested by power and shaped by participation.

The Economist Intelligence Unit has demoted the United States from a full democracy to a flawed democracy for the first time ever. Each year, EIU’s Democracy Index provides a snapshot of global ...

Various regions in southern Africa share a common trajectory: improvement in the first two decades after the 1990s, followed ...