Armenia is described as “hybrid regime” in the Democracy Index 2019 published by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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Armenia raised jumped in its ranking from 103 to 86 spot.
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According to the report, two countries in the “hybrid regime” category made substantial steps towards democracy in 2019: Ukraine and Armenia. In both countries elections were held that were judged to be free and fair.
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“Armenia’s score in the Democracy Index rose from 4.11 in 2017 to 4.79 in 2018, as government accountability and transparency improved and public confidence in the political system grew; it rose further, to 5.54 in 2019, as these improvements were consolidated and peaceful political activity became possible without government interference,” the report says.
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Neighboring Georgia (89) and Turkey (110) are also included in the same group of “hybrid regimes”. Azerbaijan (146) and Russia (134) are listed among “authoritarian regimes”.
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In the 2019 Democracy Index the average global score for democracy fell from 5.48 in 2018 to 5.44 (on a scale of 0-10). This is the worst average global score since the index was first produced in 2006.
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According to this year’s Index, 76 of the 167 countries covered by the model, or 45.5% of all countries, can be considered to be democracies.
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H/T News.Am