and that less than half of the world's population live in a democracy of �*some sort�*. stephanie prentice has been looking at this and joins me now. tell us more about this report, and what exactly it's claming. there is a lot to unpack with this report but let's start with a few key takeaways. this is an index that comes out from the economics intelligence unit, they examine and territories around the world to see how people are living and how free they are in general. a quick recap on pillars we looked at during this research. they are elections and how they are managed. governance, political participation. political culture and civil liberties. what they found is this year they recorded the lowest figures for democracy since assessments began, back in 2006. that means less than 45.7% of people living in some