Democracy across the world has eroded to its lowest point in two decades, shown by data collected by the German Bertelsmann Stiftung foundation. Of the democratic states assessed by the foundation, two thirds are now categorised as “defective” or “highly defective”.
The survey is based on detailed country reports prepared in co-operation with around 300 experts from leading universities and think tanks in more than 120 countries."Democracy depends on us as citizens, including those who have responsibility. And we also have to protect it ourselves along the way"It comes as a review suggests Democracy across the world has decreased to its lowest standing in two decades, with media censorship, unfair elections and curbs on civil protests on the rise.
The nations which saw the greatest slippage away from democracy were Burkina Faso, Papua New Guinea and Tunisia, while conflict-torn states Yemen, Somalia and Myanmar were at the bottom of the table. Bill Browne, Director of the Democracy & Accountability Program at the Australia Institute, told SBS governments can be vulnerable to erosion or hostile takeovers.
At the Third Summit for Democracy in South Korea, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says conflict in Europe poses a further threat to the world order.
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