David F. J. Campbell / Paul Plzlbauer / Thorsten D.

Barth

December 13, 2010

Democracy Ranking 2010 (Scores)

Total
Total
Rank
Score
Score
Rank
2008-2009
2005-2006 2008-2009 loss/gain
1
Norway
+1
87.29
89.25
2
Sweden
-1
87.94
88.18
3
Finland
0
85.19
86.45
4
Switzerland
+1
83.39
86.05
5
Denmark
-1
83.63
84.25
6
New Zealand
+1
81.21
82.82
7
Netherlands
-1
81.24
82.77
8
Ireland
+1
80.40
82.41
9
Germany
+1
80.23
80.72
10
United Kingdom
-2
80.63
80.61
11
Austria
0
78.67
79.30
12
Australia
0
77.88
78.91
13
Belgium
+2
77.06
78.73
14
Canada
-1
77.71
78.73
15
United States (of America)
+1
76.59
78.30
16
Spain
-2
77.12
77.99
17
France
0
74.64
76.89
18
Portugal
0
74.30
75.40
19
Slovenia
+1
72.19
74.46
20
Japan
-1
73.08
73.61
21
Uruguay
+6
68.44
72.25
22
Estonia
0
70.94
72.18
23
Israel
-2
71.31
72.13
24
Lithuania
-1
70.25
70.91
25
Czech Republic
+3
68.02
70.67
26
Italy
-2
69.62
70.63
27
Latvia
-2
69.32
70.00
28
Chile
+2
67.48
69.66
29
Costa Rica
+2
67.26
69.59
30
Poland
+4
65.35
69.23
31
Greece
-2
67.82
69.10
32
Hungary
-6
68.73
69.05
33
Korea, Rep. (South Korea)
-1
66.90
67.94
34
Slovak Republic
+1
65.31
67.53
35
Croatia
-2
65.63
66.52
36
Mauritius
0
63.35
65.00
37
Panama
+1
62.19
64.03
38
Argentina
+1
61.00
62.54
39
Bulgaria
-2
62.49
62.36
40
Romania
+3
58.22
61.85
41
Peru
0
58.46
60.66
42
Singapore
-2
58.75
60.06
43
Brazil
-1
58.37
59.67
44
Trinidad and Tobago
+8
54.13
58.27
45
El Salvador
+1
56.76
57.98
46
Dominican Republic
+1
56.46
57.78
47
Serbia
+11
51.80
57.67
48
Jamaica
0
56.28
57.49

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49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100

Ecuador
Mongolia
Mexico
Albania
South Africa
Namibia
Colombia
Philippines
Ukraine
Botswana
Paraguay
Moldova
Ghana
Macedonia, FYR
Nicaragua
Bolivia
Indonesia
Turkey
Sri Lanka
Georgia
India
Honduras
Thailand
Malaysia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Guatemala
Senegal
Venezuela, RB
Kuwait
Bangladesh
Lebanon
Sierra Leone
Madagascar
Benin
Armenia
Malawi
Mali
Tanzania
Russian Federation (Russia)
Morocco
Mozambique
Nepal
Uganda
Kenya
Burkina Faso
Gambia, The
Niger
Zambia
China
Nigeria
Central African Republic
Ethiopia

December 13, 2010

54.48
54.40
57.50
52.56
54.46
52.82
53.87
56.95
52.89
52.19
48.81
50.46
50.47
49.05
50.51
50.44
47.51
48.67
51.07
51.06
47.49
49.74
48.90
46.69
46.83
44.65
46.98
46.83
44.73
41.09
42.75
42.25
45.81
44.47
43.54
41.56
44.30
43.01
40.11
38.45
36.62
31.26
35.75
39.82
34.43
35.66
39.96
32.13
31.05
29.53
31.50
26.31

56.78
56.62
55.27
54.77
54.70
54.26
54.02
53.97
53.62
53.00
52.07
51.68
51.42
51.20
50.57
50.35
49.82
49.77
49.69
49.55
49.09
49.00
47.55
47.11
46.93
46.80
45.89
45.69
45.48
45.17
45.13
45.11
44.75
44.39
43.56
43.05
42.87
42.55
40.95
39.66
39.47
39.40
38.10
37.00
35.52
34.98
34.78
34.45
33.04
29.48
27.11
25.61

0
+1
-7
+4
-3
+1
-2
-11
-3
-1
+9
+3
+1
+4
-2
0
+5
+3
-8
-8
+2
-5
-4
+3
+1
+4
-3
-3
0
+8
+4
+4
-5
-3
-2
+1
-5
-4
0
+2
+2
+7
+1
-3
+1
-1
-7
-1
+1
+1
-3
0

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Green:
Country is
among the
10 best

Red:
Country is
among the
10 worst

December 13, 2010

Green:
Within the
highest
third of all
countries

Green:
Within the
highest
third of all
countries

Blue:
Within the
medium
third of all
countries

Blue:
Within the
medium
third of all
countries

Red:
Within the
lowest
third of all
countries

Red:
Within the
lowest
third of all
countries

Green:
Country
has
gained in
rank since
the
previous
period
White:
Country's
rank has
remained
stable
over the
two
periods
Red:
Country
has lost in
rank since
the
previous
period

Please note: The Democracy Ranking covers countries that are categorized by Freedom
House as free or partly free. Therefore, scores for the Russian Federation and China are
virtual scores.

David F. J. Campbell
University of Klagenfurt
Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies (iff)
Institute of Science Communication and
Higher Education Research (WIHO)
david.campbell@uni-klu.ac.at
http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/wiho
Paul Plzlbauer
p.poelzlbauer@gmx.at
Thorsten D. Barth
barth.thorsten@arcor.de

Recommended citation: Campbell, David F. J. / Paul Plzlbauer / Thorsten D. Barth

(2010). Democracy Ranking 2010 (Scores). Vienna: Democracy Ranking.