Spoiler: Even if there just as many democracies as autocracies, less than 20% of the World’s population lives in democratic countries. Varieties of Democracy and Freedom House have recently published their annual reports. Democracy and freedom in the world have declined. While Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) finds that in 2022 a record of 42 countries were autocratising, Freedom in the World (FIW) reported the smallest increase of countries where democracy declined. Is the bottom reached or will it get worse in the future?
The World is moving towards Autocracy
The World is moving towards Autocracy
The World is moving towards Autocracy
Spoiler: Even if there just as many democracies as autocracies, less than 20% of the World’s population lives in democratic countries. Varieties of Democracy and Freedom House have recently published their annual reports. Democracy and freedom in the world have declined. While Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) finds that in 2022 a record of 42 countries were autocratising, Freedom in the World (FIW) reported the smallest increase of countries where democracy declined. Is the bottom reached or will it get worse in the future?