Serbia ranks 64th in 2011 Democracy Index list

Serbia has taken the 64th place in the world in 2011 when it comes to the state of democracy, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

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Serbia has taken the 64th place in the world in 2011 when it comes to the state of democracy, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. Serbia has moved up by one spot when compared to 2010 when it ranked 65th. Serbia ranks 64th in 2011 Democracy Index list According to the Democracy Index, Serbia is placed below all EU member states and Croatia, that will join the EU in 2013, but it ranks better than Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia. The report covers 165 states and two territories which makes almost the entire world population and majority of states. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, 2011 has been a very turbulent year primarily because of the economic crisis and weak leadership in the developed countries and dramatic changes and conflicts in the Middle East, North Africa and growing social uprisings around the world. According to the report, Serbia is among 40 countries in which deterioration of media freedoms compared to 2008 has been recorded. Based on five criteria – election process and pluralism, civil freedoms, government functioning, political involvement and political culture, all the countries are divided in four types of regimes – full democracy, defective democracy, hybrid regimes and totalitarian regimes. Norway, Iceland and Denmark top the list. Aside from almost all EU member states, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the U.S., Japan, South Korea and Mauritius are classified as full democracies. Serbia is placed in a group of countries with defective democracy together with Cape Verde, Portugal, France, Slovenia, Italy, Greece and South Africa. According to the report, Albania, Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq have so-called hybrid regimes, while Egypt, Russia, Jordan, Morocco, Kuwait, Libya, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Belarus, China and the United Arab Emirates, among others, have totalitarian regimes.

Serbia ranks 64th in 2011 Democracy Index list

According to the Democracy Index, Serbia is placed below all EU member states and Croatia, that will join the EU in 2013, but it ranks better than Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia.

The report covers 165 states and two territories which makes almost the entire world population and majority of states.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, 2011 has been a very turbulent year primarily because of the economic crisis and weak leadership in the developed countries and dramatic changes and conflicts in the Middle East, North Africa and growing social uprisings around the world.

According to the report, Serbia is among 40 countries in which deterioration of media freedoms compared to 2008 has been recorded.

Based on five criteria – election process and pluralism, civil freedoms, government functioning, political involvement and political culture, all the countries are divided in four types of regimes – full democracy, defective democracy, hybrid regimes and totalitarian regimes.

Norway, Iceland and Denmark top the list. Aside from almost all EU member states, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the U.S., Japan, South Korea and Mauritius are classified as full democracies.

Serbia is placed in a group of countries with defective democracy together with Cape Verde, Portugal, France, Slovenia, Italy, Greece and South Africa.

According to the report, Albania, Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iraq have so-called hybrid regimes, while Egypt, Russia, Jordan, Morocco, Kuwait, Libya, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Belarus, China and the United Arab Emirates, among others, have totalitarian regimes.

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