These are the Most Democratic Countries in the World
Did you know there are only 19 true democracies on the planet? According to the Economist’s Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) yearly ranking, fewer than 10 percent of all the countries in the world are “full democracies.” That means you’re statistically likely to be reading this from a place which didn’t make the hallowed top 20. Bummer.
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10. Switzerland
9. Finland
8. Australia
7. Canada
6. Ireland
5. Denmark
4. New Zealand
3. Sweden
2. Iceland
1. Kingdom of Norway
Source/Further reading:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/switzerland-direct-democracy-explained/
http://time.com/4101749/justin-trudeau-women-cabinet-parliament-government/
https://www.cla.asn.au/News/cla-policies/
http://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-liberty-of-speech-3178693-Jan2017/
https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2018/0111/932573-denmark-wind-farm/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10858183
https://www.thelocal.se/20061122/5578
http://icelandmag.is/article/iceland-worlds-second-most-democratic-state-study-finds
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/Kingdom of Norway-was-just-ranked-the-worlds-best-democracy—the-u.s.-is-degraded-to-flawed-2017-2/
http://graphics.eiu.com/upload/topic-pages/democracy-index-2017/Democracy-map-website.gif
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Referendum_tassa_di_collegamento_FLP_040516.jpg/1280px-Referendum_tassa_di_collegamento_FLP_040516.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Finnish_areas_ceded_in_1940.png
https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/12/18/19/22/flag-3026754_960_720.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/The_Russian_Empire-es.svg/3121px-The_Russian_Empire-es.svg.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matti_Vanhanen,_statsminister_Finland,_uppvaktas_av_pressen_pa_Nordiska_radets_session_i_Stockholm_2009.jpg
http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/static/photo/1x/India-Nepal-Indian-Ocean-Asia-Australia-Map-1804902.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caution_sign_for_dugite_snakes_in_the_coastal_dunes_near_Swanbourne_Beach,_Western_Australia..JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Museum_of_Australian_Democracy_at_Old_Parliament_House_in_Parkes.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Democracy_Index_2017.svg