The annual survey, which rates the state of democracy across 167 countries on the basis of five measures electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, democratic political culture and civil liberties finds that more than a third of the world’s population live under authoritarian rule while just 6.4% enjoy a full democracy. The global score fell from 5.37 to a new low of 5.28 out of ten. The only equivalent drop since 2006 was in 2010 after the global financial crisis. Do you think that democracy is only developed western nations ?

