Democracy in Asia

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Democracy in Asia

Democracy in Asia can be comparatively assessed[1] according to various definitions of democracy.[2] According to the V-Dem Democracy indices, the Asian countries with the highest democracy scores in year 2023 were Taiwan, Japan, Cyprus, Israel, and South Korea, meanwhile the Asian countries with lowest democracy scores in 2023 are Saudi Arabia, China and Afghanistan.[3] Democratic backsliding can be observed in parts of Asia.[4] The V-Dem Democracy Report identified for the year 2023 East Timor as a case of stand-alone democratization and Thailand and Maldives as cases of U-Turn democratization.[5]

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Map of V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index for 2024 in Asia

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Measures of democracy

The table below shows Asian countries scored on V-Dem Democracy indices for year 2024.[6][7][8]

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V-Dem Democracy Indices
Country Democracy Indices Democracy Component Indices
Electoral Liberal Liberal Egalitarian Participatory Deliberative
 Japan 0.82 0.734 0.902 0.934 0.562 0.908
 Taiwan 0.8 0.7 0.878 0.874 0.748 0.844
 Cyprus 0.774 0.651 0.839 0.902 0.566 0.831
 East Timor 0.733 0.549 0.72 0.569 0.552 0.715
 South Korea 0.729 0.631 0.872 0.856 0.61 0.809
 Israel 0.715 0.617 0.869 0.808 0.601 0.773
 Nepal 0.669 0.522 0.76 0.585 0.583 0.611
 Sri Lanka 0.664 0.486 0.699 0.671 0.594 0.617
 Armenia 0.623 0.414 0.61 0.802 0.411 0.688
 Maldives 0.564 0.423 0.714 0.584 0.48 0.705
 Bhutan 0.561 0.454 0.783 0.826 0.541 0.899
 Malaysia 0.517 0.362 0.643 0.709 0.538 0.673
 Mongolia 0.496 0.389 0.736 0.653 0.402 0.746
 Indonesia 0.483 0.326 0.606 0.538 0.592 0.811
 Georgia 0.48 0.328 0.615 0.726 0.507 0.751
 Papua New Guinea 0.461 0.384 0.784 0.461 0.514 0.507
 Philippines 0.435 0.308 0.633 0.314 0.571 0.526
 Singapore 0.414 0.343 0.752 0.805 0.132 0.742
 India 0.398 0.291 0.635 0.425 0.521 0.629
 Thailand 0.389 0.289 0.646 0.483 0.356 0.371
 Iraq 0.351 0.228 0.524 0.459 0.438 0.594
 Lebanon 0.348 0.207 0.463 0.379 0.421 0.557
 Kyrgyzstan 0.333 0.183 0.411 0.619 0.397 0.373
 Pakistan 0.313 0.199 0.48 0.223 0.499 0.529
 Kuwait 0.292 0.266 0.716 0.613 0.148 0.433
 Turkey 0.288 0.117 0.255 0.539 0.422 0.182
 Jordan 0.273 0.274 0.772 0.577 0.302 0.876
 Kazakhstan 0.272 0.134 0.326 0.539 0.291 0.5
 Uzbekistan 0.215 0.078 0.19 0.435 0.196 0.422
 Palestine (West Bank) 0.214 0.117 0.323 0.541 0.469 0.177
 Bangladesh 0.201 0.068 0.2 0.323 0.243 0.293
 Cambodia 0.186 0.056 0.133 0.206 0.207 0.183
 Azerbaijan 0.175 0.054 0.133 0.34 0.102 0.093
 Tajikistan 0.174 0.05 0.12 0.197 0.144 0.136
 Vietnam 0.174 0.124 0.382 0.614 0.499 0.659
 Oman 0.174 0.14 0.443 0.571 0.388 0.189
 Russia 0.172 0.056 0.143 0.371 0.376 0.109
 Hong Kong 0.169 0.133 0.421 0.736 0.142 0.15
 Iran 0.167 0.092 0.275 0.473 0.092 0.324
 Turkmenistan 0.149 0.033 0.076 0.289 0.075 0.039
 Syria 0.145 0.054 0.155 0.23 0.194 0.085
 Laos 0.134 0.102 0.339 0.428 0.386 0.164
 Yemen 0.127 0.047 0.142 0.087 0.166 0.132
 Bahrain 0.124 0.052 0.158 0.385 0.115 0.158
 United Arab Emirates 0.103 0.078 0.27 0.45 0.086 0.298
 Palestine (Gaza) 0.095 0.053 0.18 0.405 0.212 0.113
 Qatar 0.087 0.08 0.284 0.395 0.105 0.387
 North Korea 0.083 0.014 0.033 0.31 0.153 0.016
 Myanmar 0.083 0.016 0.041 0.21 0.34 0.195
 Afghanistan 0.081 0.016 0.044 0.077 0.027 0.073
 China 0.073 0.036 0.125 0.302 0.1 0.227
 Saudi Arabia 0.015 0.047 0.187 0.449 0.081 0.258
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