Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Map of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2023

The Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean can be compared[1] according to the different definitions of democracy.[2] The V-Dem Democracy indices considers the Latin American and Caribbean countries with the highest democracy scores in 2023 as Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Jamaica and countries with lowest democracy scores as Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela.[3] Democratic backsliding can be observed in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.[4][5] Democratization is reported by V-Dem Democracy Report 2024 in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Bolivia.[6]

Measures of democracy

The table below shows Latin American and Caribbean countries scored on 2 high-level V-Dem Democracy indices and 4 mid-level Democracy Component indices published in 2024 evaluating the state of democracy in year 2023.[6][3][7]

V-Dem Democracy Indices (14th edition)
Country Democracy Indices Democracy Component Indices
Electoral Liberal Liberal Egalitarian Participatory Deliberative
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 0.868 0.816 0.953 0.886 0.648 0.945
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 0.845 0.77 0.922 0.821 0.768 0.849
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 0.84 0.69 0.803 0.769 0.616 0.696
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 0.838 0.786 0.956 0.723 0.661 0.939
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 0.798 0.678 0.847 0.829 0.59 0.807
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 0.796 0.678 0.849 0.825 0.295 0.887
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 0.784 0.692 0.887 0.592 0.643 0.925
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 0.753 0.635 0.84 0.788 0.577 0.928
File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 0.753 0.631 0.837 0.713 0.572 0.773
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 0.73 0.571 0.76 0.541 0.518 0.737
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 0.704 0.565 0.793 0.528 0.648 0.695
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 0.699 0.576 0.819 0.519 0.622 0.506
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 0.685 0.438 0.577 0.46 0.595 0.837
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 0.646 0.467 0.689 0.488 0.759 0.54
File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 0.586 0.353 0.53 0.595 0.632 0.541
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 0.579 0.426 0.697 0.315 0.535 0.493
File:Flag of Honduras.svg Honduras 0.534 0.394 0.695 0.389 0.544 0.675
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 0.534 0.299 0.476 0.452 0.654 0.545
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 0.512 0.332 0.578 0.686 0.513 0.38
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 0.505 0.309 0.536 0.294 0.489 0.46
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 0.388 0.111 0.151 0.315 0.469 0.261
File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 0.214 0.066 0.152 0.128 0.259 0.597
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 0.211 0.055 0.115 0.285 0.482 0.067
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 0.176 0.058 0.151 0.771 0.236 0.3
File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 0.17 0.027 0.042 0.306 0.28 0.033

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 (2024). "The V-Dem Dataset". Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Hellinger, Daniel C. (2020). Comparative Politics of Latin America. doi:10.4324/9781003021865. ISBN 978-1-003-02186-5.
  5. ↑ Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Compilation of Selected Indices, Carla Y. Davis-Castro, Congressional Research Service, accessed 2023
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Democracy Report 2024, Varieties of Democracy
  7. ↑ Coppedge, Michael; et al. (2020). Varieties of Democracy. doi:10.1017/9781108347860. ISBN 978-1-108-34786-0.
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