Democracy in Asia

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File:V-Dem Democracy Indices 2023 Asia.svg
Map of 2023 V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index for Asia

Democracy in Asia can be comparatively assessed[1] according to various definitions of democracy.[2] According to the V-Dem Democracy indices, the Asian countries with the highest democracy scores in year 2023 were Taiwan, Japan, Cyprus, Israel, and South Korea, meanwhile the Asian countries with lowest democracy scores in 2023 are Saudi Arabia, China and Afghanistan.[3] Democratic backsliding can be observed in parts of Asia.[4] The V-Dem Democracy Report identified for the year 2023 East Timor as a case of stand-alone democratization and Thailand and Maldives as cases of U-Turn democratization.[5]

Measures of democracy

The table below shows Asian countries scored on V-Dem Democracy indices in 2024.[5][3][6]

V-Dem Democracy Indices (14th edition)
Country Democracy Indices Democracy Component Indices
Electoral Liberal Liberal Egalitarian Participatory Deliberative
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan 0.823 0.722 0.878 0.913 0.751 0.897
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0.818 0.731 0.901 0.927 0.565 0.9
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 0.774 0.636 0.817 0.869 0.574 0.837
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 0.723 0.634 0.889 0.762 0.603 0.759
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0.703 0.604 0.863 0.863 0.61 0.844
File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor 0.698 0.507 0.692 0.555 0.554 0.72
File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 0.681 0.523 0.742 0.592 0.614 0.555
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 0.634 0.422 0.611 0.811 0.442 0.69
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 0.604 0.473 0.761 0.784 0.542 0.803
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 0.599 0.453 0.728 0.61 0.49 0.782
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 0.58 0.421 0.688 0.625 0.549 0.61
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 0.541 0.36 0.604 0.445 0.595 0.816
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0.527 0.445 0.819 0.831 0.558 0.921
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 0.527 0.405 0.732 0.607 0.398 0.769
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 0.506 0.359 0.655 0.726 0.533 0.662
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 0.475 0.383 0.761 0.493 0.527 0.524
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 0.43 0.287 0.581 0.334 0.567 0.749
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 0.403 0.331 0.735 0.81 0.134 0.738
File:Flag of India.svg India 0.377 0.275 0.621 0.429 0.507 0.612
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 0.367 0.21 0.452 0.449 0.462 0.589
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 0.364 0.237 0.529 0.503 0.472 0.667
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 0.358 0.199 0.432 0.582 0.392 0.367
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 0.344 0.212 0.484 0.243 0.545 0.531
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 0.333 0.313 0.8 0.58 0.186 0.66
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0.288 0.228 0.598 0.472 0.388 0.341
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 0.287 0.113 0.245 0.53 0.416 0.195
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 0.284 0.144 0.345 0.597 0.299 0.446
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 0.256 0.253 0.729 0.566 0.284 0.692
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine (West Bank) 0.254 0.138 0.359 0.623 0.422 0.388
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 0.253 0.096 0.219 0.243 0.303 0.298
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 0.215 0.081 0.2 0.449 0.173 0.445
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 0.198 0.057 0.13 0.219 0.371 0.187
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 0.19 0.062 0.151 0.396 0.379 0.2
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 0.188 0.064 0.162 0.37 0.119 0.123
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 0.17 0.137 0.436 0.58 0.388 0.203
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 0.168 0.041 0.091 0.198 0.157 0.149
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 0.156 0.082 0.246 0.5 0.079 0.186
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 0.154 0.124 0.401 0.721 0.131 0.17
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 0.15 0.036 0.083 0.288 0.065 0.043
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 0.149 0.114 0.372 0.662 0.563 0.613
File:Flag of Syria.svg Syria 0.146 0.054 0.153 0.167 0.137 0.056
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine (Gaza Strip) 0.136 0.07 0.219 0.582 0.357 0.202
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 0.132 0.095 0.313 0.44 0.393 0.181
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 0.13 0.048 0.14 0.108 0.217 0.181
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 0.129 0.054 0.165 0.391 0.122 0.209
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 0.102 0.078 0.27 0.486 0.095 0.285
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 0.087 0.085 0.306 0.382 0.041 0.389
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea 0.084 0.015 0.036 0.317 0.153 0.036
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 0.081 0.016 0.044 0.207 0.314 0.221
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan 0.075 0.03 0.101 0.112 0.03 0.093
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 0.074 0.037 0.129 0.315 0.124 0.382
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0.015 0.046 0.184 0.446 0.087 0.249

See also

References

  1. ↑ Geissel, Brigitte; Kneuer, Marianne; Lauth, Hans-Joachim (2016). "Measuring the quality of democracy: Introduction". International Political Science Review. 37 (5). Sage Publications: 571–579. doi:10.1177/0192512116669141. ISSN 0192-5121. JSTOR 26556872. S2CID 151808737. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  2. ↑ Greenwood, Shannon (2022-12-06). "Appendix A: Classifying democracies". Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 V-Dem Institute (2023). "The V-Dem Dataset". Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Croissant, Aurel; Haynes, Jeffrey (2021). "Democratic regression in Asia: Introduction". Democratization. 28: 1–21. doi:10.1080/13510347.2020.1851203.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nord, Marina; Lundstedt, Martin; Altman, David; Angiolillo, Fabio; et al. (2024). Lindberg, Staffan I. (ed.). Democracy Report 2024: Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot (PDF) (Report). University of Gothenburg: V-Dem Institute.
  6. ↑ Coppedge, Michael; Gerring, John; Glynn, Adam; Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Lindberg, Staffan I.; et al. (January 2020). Varieties of Democracy: Measuring Two Centuries of Political Change. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108347860. ISBN 9781108347860.
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