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Afghanistan, Myanmar rank worst in world democracy index as Australia keeps ninth place

The number of people living in full democracies has dropped from 8.4 per cent to just 6.6 per cent of the global population, a new survey has found.

Global democracy has been dealt a major blow, with only 6.6 per cent of the world’s population living in full democracy and more than a third living under authoritarian regimes, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2021 Democracy Index.

  • Akash Arora
  • SBS News

Australia retained ninth position in the annual ranking that rates the …

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