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NEWNATIONS BULLETIN 14 JANUARY 2010

THE STATE OF WORLD DEMOCRACY JANUARY 2010

Newnations presents Worldaudit’s comprehensive annual report on the state of world democracy at the beginning of January 2010 compiled by the same methodology, and reported every year since 1997).

All nations (150) with a minimum one million population are included.

In January 2010 just thirty six nations out of one hundred and fifty in the world, are fully democratic. A further thirty four nations are perceived as making varying degrees of progress towards democracy. Yet eighty nations are not in the democratic category at all and most of these are outside the rule of law.

• Denmark has the highest ranking, with Sweden and New Zealand close behind.


• The consistently successful countries over the 12 years of this audit, are the same - not necessarily in the same order: we give this years top rankings: 1st Denmark, 2nd Sweden, 3d New Zealand, 4th Finland, 5th Switzerland, 6th equal Norway & Netherlands.


• World Audit’s First and Second divisions totalling 36 nations are unquestionably democratic. 23 of these are Europeans. These divisions include: Germany 11th, UK 13th, USA 15th, France 17th, Japan 29th, Italy 34th.


• The Third division of 34 countries are we believe, ‘on the cusp’. They share an intention to be democratic and do achieve a qualified freedom, limited perhaps by the inefficiencies of sheer size. We include India 48th, Brazil 53d.


• More than half of the world’s nations (80 of 150) in our Fourth division, are mostly not within the democratic process at all. This is a greater number than in any previous year. They includePakistan (106), Saudi Arabia (108), China (121), Russia (134), Libya (146).

• Eight of the world’s top twelve democracies are constitutional monarchies. Does this mean that this is the most successful democratic model?

For the full commentary first go to:

World Democracy January 2010

OR

Go direct to

The Democracy Listings 2010

Also published on our blog: GEOPOLEMICS where readers comments are invited

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Political Rights Civil Liberties Press Freedom Rule of Law Corruption Human Rights Methodology Economic Freedom Table Excel Version 210 Countries   LATIN AMERICA Uruguay 20 Chile 21 Costa Rica 23 Panama 36 Jamaica 41 Trinidad & Tobago 43 Brazil 50 Peru 53 El Salvador 54 Dominican Republic 56 Bolivia 58 Argentina 62 Ecuador 63 Mexico 63 Honduras 67 Paraguay 70 Nicaragua 82 Colombia 86 Guatemala 90 Haiti 103 Cuba 123 Venezuela 129 Belize n/a Guyana n/a Suriname n/a		Country Democracy Rank Press Freedom Rank Corruption Rank Denmark 1 3 2 Sweden 2 3 3 New Zealand 3 8 1 Finland 4 1 6 Switzerland 5 6 5 Netherlands 6 6 6 Norway 6 1 10 Canada 8 17 8 Australia 9 23 8 Ireland 9 9 11 Germany 11 12 11 Belgium 12 5 17 Austria 13 20 13 United Kingdom 13 17 14 United States 15 14 16 Estonia 16 9 21 France 17 23 18 Portugal 18 12 26 Slovenia 18 29 21 Uruguay 20 32 19 Chile 21 37 19 Spain 22 29 24 Costa Rica 23 17 32 Lithuania 24 14 37 Czech Republic 24 14 37 Hungary 26 20 33 Poland 27 29 34 Slovakia 28 25 40 below are the 8 countries in division 2 Country Democracy Rank Press Freedom Rank Corruption Rank Japan 29 20 14 Israel 30 42 24 Mauritius 31 32 31 Korea, South 32 39 29 Ghana 33 32 52 Italy 34 44 46 Greece 35 37 53 Panama 36 57 64 below are the 34 countries in division 3 Country Democracy Rank Press Freedom Rank Corruption Rank Taiwan 37 25 27 Latvia 38 25 40 Botswana 39 47 27 South Africa 40 39 39 Jamaica 41 9 78 Namibia 41 39 40 Trinidad and Tobago 43 25 60 Croatia 44 48 49 Bulgaria 45 45 53 Mali 45 32 89 Benin 47 42 84 India 47 45 64 Serbia 49 49 63 Brazil 50 54 57 Turkey 51 67 44 Romania 51 57 53 Peru 53 57 57 El Salvador 54 54 64 Macedonia 55 63 53 Dominican Republic 56 50 78 Mongolia 57 51 94 Bolivia 58 54 94 Lesotho 58 65 69 Mozambique 60 51 103 Albania 61 67 75 Argentina 62 66 84 Ecuador 63 57 117 Mexico 63 79 69 Senegal 65 73 78 Indonesia 66 77 89 Honduras 67 71 103 Ukraine 68 79 117 Sierra Leone 69 82 117 Paraguay 70 88 124 below are the 80 countries in division 4  Country Democracy Rank Press Freedom Rank Corruption Rank Singapore 71 112 3 Korea, North * 150 * United Arab Emirates 73 114 23 Burkina Faso 74 51 60 Papua New Guinea 74 32 124 Bhutan 76 94 34 Kuwait 77 79 49 Jordan 77 102 34 Oman 79 117 29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80 63 78 Georgia 81 90 49 Malaysia 82 105 40 Nicaragua 82 61 103 Madagascar 84 70 78 Philippines 84 61 111 Colombia 86 88 57 Thailand 87 85 64 Malawi 87 82 69 Tanzania 89 67 100 Guatemala 90 90 64 Uganda 91 73 103 Nigeria 92 77 103 Lebanon 93 82 103 Morocco 93 102 69 Egypt 95 90 89 Liberia 95 100 76 Mauritania 97 87 103 Guinea-Bissau 97 71 132 Algeria 99 98 89 Nepal 99 85 115 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 99 73 132 Moldova 99 109 69 Niger 103 102 84 Zambia 103 102 78 Haiti 103 73 138 Kenya 106 90 117 Pakistan 106 98 111 Sri Lanka 108 116 76 Saudi Arabia 108 133 46 Bangladesh 108 100 111 Tunisia 111 133 48 Gabon 111 114 84 Armenia 113 112 94 Central African Republic 113 94 128 Cambodia 113 94 128 Angola 116 94 132 Cameroon 117 105 117 Togo 118 118 89 Cote d'Ivoire 119 109 124 Guinea 120 108 138 Ethiopia 121 123 94 China 121 138 60 Cuba 123 145 44 Gambia, The 123 129 84 Kazakstan 125 125 94 Rwanda 126 138 69 Iraq 126 109 145 Kyrgyzstan 128 118 132 Venezuela 129 120 132 Azerbaijan 130 125 115 Vietnam 131 135 94 Burundi 132 122 138 Syria 132 135 100 Yemen 134 129 124 Russia 134 131 117 Tajikistan 134 125 128 Chad 137 123 144 Afghanistan 138 121 148 Congo, Republic of the 139 132 132 Sudan 140 125 145 Laos 141 141 128 Zimbabwe 141 142 117 Iran 143 138 138 Belarus 143 143 111 Eritrea 145 145 100 Libya 146 145 103 Somalia 147 137 149 Uzbekistan 148 144 143 Turkmenistan 149 148 138 Myanmar 150 148 147   * Our corruption rankings are based on data produced by Transparency International in which we have full confidence, but they are still a growing organisation and there remain countries listed by us, not yet monitored by them. Where the * appears in the corruption panel in the league table, we have not included any data on this, so the relevant country (North Korea) may be advantaged or disadvantaged in comparison with their statistical neighbours. This makes no difference however to the Division in which they are located.   Copyright © 2001 World Audit. All rights reserved. Contact:editor@worldaudit.org		World Democracy rankings for certain groupings. Denmark 1 Sweden 2 New Zealand 3 Finland 4 Netherlands 6 Norway 6 Canada 8 Australia 9 Germany 11 Belgium 12 Austria 13 United Kingdom 13 United States 15 France 17 Portugal 18 Spain 22 Czech Republic 24 Hungary 26 Poland 27 Japan 29 Korea, South 32 Italy 34 Greece 35 Turkey 51 Bolivia 58 Mexico 63 OECD Denmark 1 Sweden 2 Finland 4 Netherlands 6 Ireland 9 Germany 11 Belgium 12 Austria 13 United Kingdom 13 Estonia 16 France 17 Portugal 18 Slovenia 18 Spain 22 Czech Republic 24 Lithuania 24 Hungary 26 Poland 27 Slovakia 28 Italy 34 Greece 35 Latvia 38 Bulgaria 45 Romania 51 Cyprus n/a Malta n/a EU   Denmark 1 Netherlands 6 Norway 6 Canada 8 Germany 11 Belgium 12 United Kingdom 13 United States 15 France 17 Portugal 18 Spain 22 Czech Republic 24 Hungary 26 Poland 27 Italy 34 Greece 35 Turkey 51 Iceland n/a Luxembourg n/a NATO Canada 8 Germany 11 United Kingdom 13 United States 15 France 17 Japan 29 Italy 34 Russia 134 G8 Indonesia 66 Singapore 71 Malaysia 82 Philippines 84 Thailand 87 Vietnam 126 Laos 141 Myanmar 150 ASEAN New Zealand 3 Canada 8 Australia 9 United States 15 Chile 21 Japan 29 Korea, South 32 Mexico 63 Indonesia 66 Singapore 71 Papua New Guinea 74 Malaysia 82 Philippines 84 Thailand 87 China 121 APEC African Union United Arab Emirates 73 Kuwait 77 Jordan 77 Oman 79 Lebanon 93 Morocco 93 Egypt 95 Mauritania             97 Algeria 99 Saudi Arabia 108 Tunisia 111 Iraq 126 Syria 132 Yemen 134 Sudan 140 Libya 146 Somalia 147 Mauritius 31 Ghana 33 Botswana 39 South Africa 40 Namibia 41 Mali 45 Benin 47 Lesotho 58 Mozambique 60 Senegal 65 Sierra Leone 69 Burkina Faso  74 Madagascar 84 Malawi 87 Tanzania 89 Uganda 91 Nigeria 92 Egypt 95 Liberia 95 Mauritania 97 Guinea-Bissau 97 Algeria  99 Congo (Dem Rep) 99 Niger 103 Zambia 103 Kenya 106 Tunisia 111 Gabon 111 Central African Republic 113 Angola 116 Cameroon 117 Togo 118 Cote d'Ivoire 119 Guinea 120 Ethiopia 121 Gambia (The) 123 Rwanda 126 Burundi 132 Chad 137 Congo (Rep) 139 Sudan 140 Zimbabwe  141 Eritrea 145 Libya 146 Somalia 147   Arab League