The world's largest democracy is actually an 'electoral autocracy'. According to a report by Sweden-based institute Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), India is now among top 10 countries globally along with Brazil and Turkey where democracy has declined. V-Dem's report showed that India's Liberal Democracy Index (LDI) "declined from 0.57 in 2010 to 0.34 in 2020, following the
NEW DELHI: The fifth annual democracy report by Sweden’s V-Dem Institute, titled ‘Autocratisation Goes Viral’, has downgraded India from “the world’s largest.
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State of liberal democracy worsening
Says a Swedish think-tank about Bangladesh
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The state of liberal democracy in the country has worsened significantly over the last 10 years.
With its score 0.1 (on a scale of 0-1), Bangladesh stood 154th among 179 countries in Liberal Democracy Index (LDI), according to the Democracy Report-2021 of Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute.
Denmark secured first place in the index with the score of 0.88.
The fifth annual democracy report by Sweden s V-Dem Institute, titled Autocratisation goes viral , has categorised Bangladesh s current regime as an electoral autocracy . The data also shows that populous, influential states such as Bangladesh, Hungary, Philippines, and Tanzania belong to this group of autocratisers, as does Hong Kong, reads the report.
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