Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the most election-heavy year in recent history, democracy has hit a record low around the world, according to a new study.

LONDON, Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EIU's 2024 Democracy Index, launched today, sheds light on trends in democracy globally in 2024, with the annual index registering a decline in its total score ...

This infographic shows the distribution of countries worldwide according to the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index and the Democracy Index.

The Index exists to provide that clarity.” Unlike partisan commentary or reactive headlines, the Threat to Democracy Index offers a structured, nonpartisan approach to evaluating democratic ...

India's democracy stands at a crossroads tested by power and shaped by participation.

France dropped to a historic low in a global corruption index released Tuesday in the wake of high-profile scandals involving former president Nicolas Sarkozy, far-right leader Marine Le Pen and a ...

Joan Hoey, director of The Democracy Index at the Economist Intelligence Unit, discusses the latest findings of its report noting an increase of eight in the number of authoritarian regimes in the ...

Various regions in southern Africa share a common trajectory: improvement in the first two decades after the 1990s, followed ...