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Northern Europe leads the way for democracy with Norway recording the highest score, 9.87. Iceland came second with 9.58 while Sweden was third with 9.39.
In the same study last year, the U.S. was downgraded from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy” and this year, it only comes 21st with a score of 7.98.
North Korea comes last, scoring 1.08 out of 10 while Chad and Syria complete the bottom three.
Saudi Arabia is also present on the list of the world’s 10 worst democracies despite the fact that the U.S. and the UK have sold it billions of dollars worth of weapons. It comes joint 159th with Tajikistan with both countries scoring 1.93 out of 10.
