NZ 4th in 2017 Democracy Index
The EIU Democracy Index is bad news overall (many countries got worse), but NZ should be happy with 4th top. The top 10 are:
- Norway 9.87
- Iceland 9.58
- Sweden 9.39
- NZ 9.26
- Denmark 9.22
- Ireland 9.15
- Canada 9.15
- Australia 9.09
- Finland 9.03
- Switzerland 9.03
Our sub-scores are:
- Electoral process and pluralism 10.00
- Civil liberties 10.00
- Functioning of Government 9.29
- Political participation 8.89
- Political culture 8.13
The scores by region are:
- North America 8.56
- Western Europe 8.38
- Latin America 6.26
- Asia & Australasia 5.63
- Eastern Europe 5.40
- Africa 4.35
- Middle East 3.54