Democracy Index
In 2006 (with updates in 2008, 2010 and 2011) the Economist Intelligence Unit released The Democracy Index, an index compiled by examining the state of democracy in 167 countries, attempting to quantify this with an Economist Intelligence Unit Index of Democracy which focused on five general categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation and political culture, this allowed public data to be released and accessed by anyone whom may have interest.
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