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Annual global ranking of liberal democracies

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The Democracy Ranking was an index compiled by the Association for Development and Advancement of the Democracy Award, an Austria-based non-partisan organization.[1][2] Democracy Ranking produced an annual global ranking of liberal democracies. The applied conceptual formula, which measures the quality of democracy, integrates democracy and other characteristics of the political system with the performance of non-political dimensions (gender, economy, knowledge, health, and environment). Democracy Ranking has emphasized a broader understanding of democracy, creating a conceptual link between politics and the output and performance of society. The Democracy Ranking has compared several-year intervals, delivering ranking results, which show how ranking positions and score levels have developed recently.

## Ranking 2016

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Rank | Country | Score | Political System | Economy | Environment | Gender Equality | Health | Knowledge | Gender Comprehensive

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1  |  Norway | 87.1 | 99.2  | 84.7  | 59.9  | 84.7  | 84.3  | 61.4  | 92.1
2  |   Switzerland | 86.7 | 92.2  | 80.5  | 82.6  | 81.2  | 88.2  | 73.5  | 85.6
3  |  Sweden | 86.2 | 97.4  | 67.4  | 71.4  | 85.3  | 84.8  | 66.2  | 91.0
4  |  Finland | 86.0 | 99.7  | 63.7  | 60.6  | 84.7  | 82.1  | 70.2  | 92.4
5  |  Denmark | 85.1 | 94.3  | 69.5  | 78.1  | 82.8  | 81.4  | 67.6  | 87.3
6  |  Netherlands | 83.3 | 93.6  | 69.7  | 59.3  | 81.9  | 84.9  | 68.7  | 86.5
7  |  New Zealand | 81.4 | 92.2  | 63.3  | 66.3  | 82.8  | 81.3  | 59.1  | 86.8
8  |  Germany | 81.3 | 90.2  | 71.1  | 60.5  | 78.0  | 85.3  | 67.2  | 83.9
9  |  Ireland | 80.9 | 91.5  | 63.2  | 71.9  | 75.8  | 79.4  | 61.5  | 84.2
10  |  Australia | 80.5 | 87.6  | 69.8  | 59.9  | 83.6  | 83.6  | 70.0  | 84.8
11  |  Belgium | 80.3 | 90.5  | 61.5  | 55.5  | 81.3  | 84.0  | 68.0  | 85.1
12  |  Canada | 79.9 | 89.7  | 68.3  | 56.3  | 82.0  | 82.0  | 62.0  | 84.9
13  |  Austria | 79.9 | 85.5  | 69.1  | 66.4  | 80.2  | 86.6  | 69.1  | 82.0
14  |  United Kingdom | 79.6 | 87.8  | 62.3  | 70.6  | 80.6  | 79.8  | 64.1  | 83.5
15  |  France | 78.2 | 85.2  | 59.2  | 69.8  | 78.1  | 86.3  | 62.6  | 82.0
16  |  United States | 76.5 | 84.2  | 71.5  | 49.1  | 78.7  | 83.0  | 62.3  | 80.5
17  |  Slovenia | 75.9 | 83.7  | 54.6  | 62.4  | 79.9  | 79.3  | 64.5  | 82.6
18  |  Japan | 75.5 | 79.8  | 57.1  | 63.8  | 82.0  | 87.7  | 65.8  | 78.8
19  |  Spain | 75.3 | 83.1  | 42.4  | 75.2  | 76.8  | 85.0  | 58.1  | 80.8
20  |  Portugal | 74.8 | 85.1  | 45.2  | 67.8  | 74.4  | 80.3  | 54.1  | 79.7
21  |  Uruguay | 73.5 | 83.3  | 52.2  | 78.5  | 73.8  | 71.5  | 43.2  | 77.0
22  |  Lithuania | 72.5 | 81.2  | 55.0  | 70.8  | 76.1  | 68.0  | 49.1  | 78.6
23  |  Estonia | 72.5 | 84.8  | 60.5  | 31.7  | 79.7  | 72.3  | 56.5  | 81.2
24  |  Chile | 72.0 | 81.4  | 51.2  | 67.3  | 76.9  | 76.8  | 41.4  | 78.4
25  |  Czech Republic | 72.0 | 79.4  | 60.5  | 57.2  | 74.9  | 76.1  | 54.5  | 76.4
26  |  Israel | 71.9 | 72.8  | 60.9  | 65.0  | 78.2  | 81.4  | 69.3  | 74.7
27  |  Poland | 71.4 | 80.5  | 53.5  | 66.6  | 74.9  | 71.9  | 44.2  | 77.4
28  |  Italy | 71.1 | 75.4  | 48.7  | 72.9  | 73.8  | 84.0  | 54.8  | 75.6
29  |  Hong Kong | 70.7 | 60.9  | 77.2  | 91.4  | 80.0  | 100.0  | 54.1  | 71.5
30  |  Latvia | 70.6 | 78.8  | 53.8  | 71.6  | 76.2  | 66.3  | 44.3  | 78.4
31  |  Costa Rica | 70.2 | 80.2  | 44.7  | 79.0  | 70.1  | 73.1  | 34.5  | 74.9
32  |  South Korea | 70.2 | 69.1  | 62.8  | 57.4  | 78.6  | 82.4  | 75.2  | 72.5
33  |  Cyprus | 69.1 | 77.1  | 46.2  | 67.1  | 73.0  | 76.5  | 43.3  | 74.5
34  |  Slovakia | 68.0 | 75.2  | 51.5  | 64.2  | 68.3  | 72.6  | 47.1  | 71.3
35  |  Croatia | 67.0 | 73.6  | 39.1  | 72.2  | 69.9  | 73.1  | 47.8  | 72.7
36  |  Singapore | 65.9 | 52.2  | 90.5  | 78.1  | 86.6  | 79.7  | 63.1  | 65.5
37  |  Greece | 65.4 | 68.1  | 32.9  | 66.2  | 69.4  | 84.3  | 60.3  | 69.9
38  |  Panama | 65.3 | 71.7  | 53.2  | 75.9  | 67.7  | 69.7  | 28.3  | 72.5
39  |  Mauritius | 65.1 | 73.3  | 50.7  | 75.3  | 62.5  | 64.1  | 31.6  | 67.1
40  |  Romania | 65.0 | 70.0  | 52.0  | 73.2  | 69.4  | 66.7  | 38.4  | 70.4
41  |  Bulgaria | 64.4 | 70.4  | 49.7  | 58.5  | 71.7  | 70.4  | 41.5  | 72.7
42  |  Hungary | 64.0 | 67.9  | 52.1  | 60.0  | 71.0  | 71.1  | 46.0  | 69.2
43  |  Argentina | 63.9 | 67.4  | 46.4  | 66.5  | 73.7  | 68.5  | 47.4  | 73.5
44  |  Brazil | 62.5 | 66.9  | 46.0  | 71.2  | 69.6  | 64.2  | 39.4  | 69.6
45  |  Trinidad and Tobago | 61.1 | 71.3  | 60.1  | 38.9  | 68.0  | 55.2  | 32.0  | 70.8
46  |  Serbia | 60.6 | 67.9  | 29.9  | 60.2  | 61.9  | 70.5  | 44.0  | 66.4
47  |  Peru | 60.0 | 61.9  | 52.4  | 75.4  | 71.0  | 61.5  | 30.4  | 67.7
48  |  Jamaica | 60.0 | 69.0  | 35.0  | 62.5  | 61.6  | 65.8  | 29.6  | 64.8
49  |  Mongolia | 59.8 | 72.8  | 45.7  | 37.9  | 68.7  | 55.6  | 25.9  | 72.4
50  |  El Salvador | 58.7 | 63.9  | 47.1  | 75.6  | 63.1  | 59.0  | 22.9  | 64.2
51  |  Ghana | 57.8 | 71.6  | 41.9  | 76.4  | 53.1  | 31.9  | 16.9  | 62.2
52  |  Philippines | 57.7 | 64.0  | 44.9  | 77.3  | 59.1  | 50.0  | 25.8  | 64.1
53  |  Colombia | 57.3 | 58.0  | 46.3  | 79.0  | 65.9  | 61.8  | 30.3  | 63.7
54  |  Namibia | 57.2 | 68.9  | 37.9  | 73.9  | 52.0  | 44.4  | 19.2  | 63.6
55  |  Albania | 56.9 | 58.5  | 36.0  | 64.0  | 65.8  | 68.4  | 42.2  | 63.3
56  |  Tunisia | 56.6 | 61.6  | 41.6  | 71.8  | 52.0  | 62.2  | 30.0  | 57.4
57  |  Georgia | 56.4 | 58.7  | 40.9  | 68.9  | 65.8  | 66.3  | 28.8  | 61.9
58  |  Botswana | 56.3 | 64.6  | 43.6  | 73.0  | 53.9  | 40.7  | 28.3  | 60.2
59  |  Dominican Republic | 55.9 | 61.3  | 37.8  | 70.9  | 56.5  | 58.3  | 29.1  | 59.9
60  |  Mexico | 55.7 | 55.6  | 50.0  | 71.1  | 65.1  | 67.1  | 25.8  | 62.3
61  |  Moldova | 55.6 | 57.9  | 47.9  | 61.5  | 63.3  | 62.6  | 31.4  | 63.0
62  |  Ecuador | 55.5 | 55.0  | 45.8  | 70.8  | 70.0  | 66.2  | 26.9  | 65.4
63  |  Bolivia | 55.4 | 61.6  | 44.8  | 62.6  | 66.0  | 48.2  | 24.3  | 65.7
64  |  Senegal | 55.3 | 66.1  | 37.3  | 67.7  | 54.7  | 43.9  | 18.9  | 61.8
65  |  India | 54.8 | 63.6  | 46.6  | 68.6  | 50.9  | 45.9  | 18.1  | 57.5
66  |  Nicaragua | 54.0 | 55.5  | 41.8  | 71.7  | 67.3  | 62.9  | 18.5  | 64.0
67  |  Timor-Leste | 53.7 | 56.8  | 39.3  | 93.7  | 50.3  | 46.4  | 23.0  | 54.8
68  |  Indonesia | 53.5 | 56.7  | 47.4  | 72.9  | 57.5  | 47.7  | 25.8  | 57.7
69  |  Paraguay | 53.0 | 53.8  | 44.6  | 65.9  | 62.9  | 60.6  | 27.0  | 60.2
70  |  Ukraine | 52.3 | 54.3  | 42.8  | 29.7  | 72.3  | 62.9  | 43.6  | 65.3
71  |  South Africa | 52.2 | 70.5  | 26.9  | 48.6  | 35.9  | 30.6  | 27.8  | 57.1
72  |  Malawi | 52.1 | 57.4  | 33.9  | 96.1  | 52.5  | 38.7  | 12.7  | 56.4
73  |  Benin | 51.7 | 63.3  | 44.0  | 62.2  | 47.3  | 26.5  | 20.1  | 54.9
74  |  North Macedonia | 51.3 | 53.4  | 27.1  | 66.7  | 53.8  | 67.3  | 31.4  | 54.6
75  |  Turkey | 50.6 | 42.6  | 51.2  | 71.5  | 62.9  | 64.0  | 42.8  | 53.7
76  |  Malaysia | 50.4 | 41.1  | 60.4  | 61.4  | 69.3  | 62.3  | 45.2  | 53.7
77  |  Papua New Guinea | 49.9 | 54.7  | 42.1  | 75.6  | 54.5  | 36.0  | 17.4  | 54.4
78  |  Tanzania | 49.5 | 53.7  | 41.5  | 68.7  | 61.3  | 40.3  | 15.1  | 60.8
79  |  Guatemala | 49.0 | 48.2  | 50.8  | 66.1  | 58.1  | 57.1  | 17.0  | 54.3
80  |  Sri Lanka | 49.0 | 42.7  | 46.8  | 83.8  | 63.1  | 62.1  | 20.5  | 55.3
81  |  Sierra Leone | 48.3 | 56.5  | 40.8  | 93.9  | 44.1  | 12.8  | 9.5  | 51.1
82  |  Bangladesh | 48.1 | 47.0  | 40.4  | 74.4  | 60.2  | 51.7  | 19.6  | 55.1
83  |  Madagascar | 48.1 | 50.4  | 40.5  | 87.4  | 57.2  | 38.9  | 4.5  | 55.7
84  |  Kuwait | 47.9 | 36.1  | 85.8  | 48.2  | 64.3  | 63.3  | 36.9  | 49.6
85  |  Honduras | 47.7 | 44.4  | 42.6  | 67.7  | 58.0  | 61.9  | 25.2  | 52.6
86  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.5 | 49.5  | 20.5  | 56.1  | 53.4  | 69.9  | 28.2  | 53.5
87  |  Liberia | 47.4 | 50.3  | 39.6  | 91.2  | 44.9  | 33.6  | 13.0  | 48.1
88  |    Nepal | 47.1 | 45.5  | 46.9  | 61.4  | 67.0  | 54.6  | 14.2  | 56.5
89  |  Lesotho | 46.9 | 62.5  | 24.3  | 76.3  | 26.3  | 13.1  | 16.4  | 45.5
90  |  Kenya | 46.4 | 49.4  | 35.9  | 71.9  | 53.4  | 34.7  | 20.6  | 53.5
91  |  Armenia | 46.0 | 41.5  | 32.0  | 60.0  | 61.1  | 63.8  | 35.0  | 51.3
92  |  Zambia | 45.5 | 50.1  | 32.3  | 73.4  | 57.3  | 31.0  | 10.4  | 53.5
93  |  Burkina Faso | 45.3 | 46.2  | 41.8  | 91.8  | 47.3  | 25.5  | 15.9  | 46.0
94  |  Niger | 43.2 | 49.4  | 40.0  | 72.1  | 33.3  | 32.5  | 7.2  | 39.6
95  |  Kyrgyzstan | 43.0 | 39.1  | 37.3  | 51.0  | 64.7  | 56.3  | 24.9  | 53.1
96  |  Russian Federation | 43.0 | 27.1  | 58.3  | 51.2  | 72.7  | 60.7  | 51.2  | 50.8
97  |  Lebanon | 42.9 | 32.8  | 45.1  | 48.6  | 57.9  | 74.3  | 39.6  | 45.6
98  |  Morocco | 42.5 | 35.1  | 43.0  | 69.5  | 48.7  | 59.0  | 29.6  | 40.6
99  |  Mozambique | 42.5 | 53.5  | 23.3  | 65.2  | 35.4  | 20.9  | 12.2  | 47.3
100  |  Venezuela | 42.2 | 31.4  | 33.3  | 60.6  | 68.2  | 62.9  | 39.4  | 52.9
101  |  Mali | 39.5 | 36.8  | 38.5  | 99.2  | 33.8  | 23.8  | 16.1  | 33.7
102  |  Guinea | 39.4 | 35.2  | 41.6  | 92.1  | 41.3  | 26.0  | 17.2  | 38.0
103  |  Togo | 39.4 | 40.2  | 38.4  | 65.1  | 53.4  | 28.6  | 7.2  | 48.4
104  |  Nigeria | 39.3 | 41.4  | 46.3  | 73.6  | 34.5  | 13.9  | 17.7  | 38.0
105  |  Haiti | 39.0 | 36.4  | 36.3  | 67.6  | 57.0  | 39.3  | 7.9  | 46.5
106  |  Bahrain | 38.6 | 18.2  | 71.5  | 50.7  | 64.4  | 66.9  | 41.9  | 39.6
107  |  China | 38.3 | 21.9  | 47.7  | 53.9  | 67.9  | 66.0  | 38.3  | 45.5
108  |  Côte d'Ivoire | 38.1 | 40.4  | 42.3  | 69.8  | 33.5  | 13.3  | 19.7  | 35.5
109  |  Egypt | 35.7 | 24.8  | 32.7  | 70.6  | 45.3  | 55.5  | 29.2  | 34.2
110  |  Pakistan | 34.9 | 32.4  | 41.5  | 61.5  | 34.6  | 38.8  | 10.7  | 31.7
111  |  Libya | 29.5 | 15.8  | 32.2  | 57.1  | 45.0  | 58.2  | 23.4  | 29.6
112  |  Yemen | 22.5 | 10.2  | 28.9  | 70.4  | 20.9  | 38.7  | 14.9  | 14.4

## Vision

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> "The Democracy Ranking is interested in contributing to the global enhancement of the Quality of Democracy in a world-wide understanding and approach."[4]

## Theory, conceptual formula and methodology

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The Democracy Ranking initiative applies the following conceptual formula for defining democracy and measuring the quality of democracy:

Quality of Democracy = (freedom & other characteristics of the political system) & (performance of the non-political dimensions).[5]

This approach includes also the output of democracies. Democracy Ranking refers to countries (country-based democracies) with a population of one million or more and that are classified by Freedom House as "free" or at least as "partly free" (see also the Freedom House report). The Democracy Ranking makes explicit the "theoretical basis", which governs the theoretical self-understanding of the Democracy Ranking.[6]

The Democracy Ranking understands and measures democracies in a multi-dimensional framework and approach. By this, the Democracy Ranking contributes to a further development of measurement of democracy. According to the ranking, democracy consists of six dimensions (one political, five non-political), with different weights for the overall quality of democracy. Their weights are distributed accordingly:

1. politics (or the political system) 50%;
2. gender (gender equality in socioeconomic and educational terms) 10%;
3. economy (or the economic system) 10%;
4. knowledge (knowledge society, research and education) 10%;
5. health (or the health system and health status) 10%;
6. and environment (environmental sustainability) 10%.[7]

The theoretical basis of the Democracy Ranking encourages a broader approach for explaining and measuring democracy while covering and integrating non-political dimensions. This is enabled by an understanding that democracy represents not only a concept of the political system, but also a concept that extends to society and the context of society, and includes interfaces between politics, society, economy, and even the environment. Politics (policy) has or should have a responsibility for economic (socioeconomic) performance. Furthermore, there is also a need that democracy reflects the context of the (natural) environment.

Concepts of democracy turn out to be more demanding, the more they move from a mainly electoral democracy (emphasizing elections and political rights) to a liberal democracy (also encompassing civil liberties), and further extending to a liberal democracy of an advanced high quality. In that logic, the Democracy Ranking reflects and requires a "demanding type" of democracy.

Methodically, the Democracy Ranking does not create new indicators, but relies on already existing indicators that are being released regularly by renowned international and/or private non-profit organizations. The Democracy Ranking draws on available indicators according to a distinct conceptual formula and six-fold dimensional structure, thus providing a theoretically based conceptual design (a basic concept) of how to combine and aggregate these indicators. Depending on the source, the content of the indicators varies, extending from peer review assessment (Democracy indices) to indicators that capture performance (e.g., socioeconomic behavior). The Democracy Ranking initiative acknowledges the work of organizations such as Freedom House, the World Bank, and also the United Nations Development Program (more specifically the Human Development Index).

## Reflections on the Democracy Ranking

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The work of the Democracy Ranking is being reflected in academic discourse[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] and in coverage by international media.[15][16]

## Democracy Ranking

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The Democracy Ranking analyzes several-year intervals, revealing relative ranking positions as well as changes of score levels over time. Typically, more than hundred countries are being compared in context of a specific Democracy Ranking. Based on ranking results and their shifts, a Democracy Improvement Ranking is being carried out, with a full result release. The Democracy Improvement Ranking places the emphasis on increases or decreases of the ranking scores of democracies. Individual annual rankings of the Democracy Ranking are also published in separate book volumes.[17]

## See also

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* Democracy indices
* Democracy
* Democracy-Dictatorship Index
* Democracy Index
* Human Development Index

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* United Nations Development Program
* World Bank

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## References

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1. ^ "About Us". Democracy Ranking. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
2. ^ "Contact". Democracy Ranking. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
3. ^ "2016 Democracy Ranking". democracyranking.org. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
4. ^ "Mission Statement". Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
5. ^ "Campbell, David F. J. (2008). The Basic Concept for the Democracy Ranking of the Quality of Democracy. Vienna: Democracy Ranking" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
6. ^ "Theoretical Basis". Retrieved 22 September 2023.
7. ^ "Campbell, David F. J. / Miklós Sükösd (eds.) (2002). Feasibility Study for a Quality Ranking of Democracies. Vienna: Global Democracy Award" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
8. ^ "Romo, M. C. Felipe Reyes (2007). Transnacionalismo y participación política. Consideraciones teórico-metodológicas para el desarrollo de un sistema electoral con participación extraterritorial. Congresistas (No. 149-153)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
9. ^ "Campbell, David F. J. / Thorsten D. Barth (2009). Wie können Demokratie und Demokratiequalität gemessen werden? Modelle, Demokratie-Indices und Länderbeispiele im globalen Vergleich. (How Can Democracy and the Quality of Democracy Be Measured? Models, Democracy Indices and Country-Based Case Studies in Global Comparison.) SWS-Rundschau 49 (2), 208-233" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
10. ^ Jochem, Sven (1 June 2010). "Wandel und Zukunftsaussichten des schwedisch-sozialdemokratischen Modells". Leviathan. 38 (2): 227–249\. doi:10.1007/s11578-010-0083-9. S2CID 145508627 – via Springer Link.
11. ^ Barth, Thorsten D. (23 June 2010). Konzeption, Messung und Rating der Demokratiequalität: Brasilien, Südafrika, Australien und die Russische Föderation 1997-2006. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. ASIN 3639264320.
12. ^ Denters, Bas; Rosema, Martin; Aarts, Kees (12 January 2011). How Democracy Works: Political Representation and Policy Congruence in Modern Societies : Essays in Honour of Jacques Thomassen. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789085550365 – via Google Books.
13. ^ Hankivsky, Olena; Salnykova, Anastasiya (2 April 2013). Gender, Politics and Society in Ukraine. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442693395 – via Google Books.
14. ^ Vatter, Adrian (12 June 2014). Das politische System der Schweiz. Nomos. ISBN 9783825240110 – via Google Books.
15. ^ ""Globale Demokratie-Hitliste: Wer steigt auf und wer ab" (2013, December 12) by Wieland Schneider, Die Presse (Austria)". 11 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
16. ^ ""Only democracy can clean up the planet. Save the ballot box and save the world" (2009, November 20), by Neil Reynolds, The Globe and Mail (Canada)". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
17. ^ Campbell, David F. J.; Barth, Thorsten D.; Pölzlbauer, Paul; Pölzlbauer, Georg (10 September 2012). Democracy Ranking (Edition 2012): The Quality of Democracy in the World. Books On Demand. ISBN 978-3848217984.

## External links

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### Official links

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* Democracy Ranking 2014
* Democracy Improvement Ranking 2014

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* Economic Freedom of the World
* Global Enabling Trade Report
* Index of Economic Freedom

Corruption|

* Bribe Payers Index
* Corruption Perceptions Index
* Global Corruption Barometer

Competitiveness|

* Composite Index of National Capability
* WEF Global Competitiveness Report

History|

* Flag adoption date
* Formation date
* Largest empires
* Timeline of geopolitical changes
* before 1500
* 1500–1899
* 1900–1999
* 2000–present

Rights|

* Global Gender Gap Report
* LGBT rights by country or territory
* Privacy International
* World Justice Project Rule of Law Index
* Censorship by country
* Freedom of speech by country
* Internet censorship and surveillance by country

Democracy|

* Free and fair elections
* Democracy indices
* V-Dem Democracy Indices
* The Economist Democracy Index
* Bertelsmann Transformation Index
* Aspects
* Presidentialism metric
* Gallagher index
* Effective number of parties
* Direct democracy index

Other|

* Central bank independence indices
* Commitment to Development Index
* Consultation on rule-making
* Ease of doing business index
* Environmental Performance Index
* Fragile States Index
* Global Innovation Index
* Global Liveability Ranking
* Global Peace Index
* Global Slavery Index
* Global Terrorism Index
* Good Country Index
* Human Development Index
* Judicial independence metric
* Incarceration rate
* Legatum Prosperity Index
* OECD Better Life Index
* Political terror scale
* Satisfaction with Life Index

* List of international rankings
* Lists by country

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