(The 2024 Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index map)

Top 20 Countries (Full Democracies):

1. Norway
2. New Zealand
3. Sweden
4. Iceland
5. Switzerland
6. Finland
7. Denmark
8. Ireland
9. Netherlands
10. Luxembourg
11. Australia
12. Taiwan
13. Germany
14. Canada
15. Uruguay
16. Japan
17. United Kingdom
18. Costa Rica
19. Austria
20. Mauritius

Worst 20 Countries (Most Authoritarian):

1. Saudi Arabia
2. Guinea
3. Russia
4. Guinea-Bissau
5. Belarus
6. Eritrea
7. Iran
8. Yemen
9. Democratic Republic of the Congo
10. Equatorial Guinea
11. Chad
12. Tajikistan
13. Laos
14. Turkmenistan
15. Sudan
16. Syria
17. Central African Republic
18. North Korea
19. Myanmar
20. Afghanistan