Bangladesh rises up eight notches on Democracy Index

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Bangla Tribune Desk
Published : 15:26, Jan 22, 2020 | Updated : 15:31, Jan 22, 2020

EIU Democracy Index:2019Bangladesh has advanced eight notches on the latest Democracy Index 2019 of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research and analysis division of The Economist Group.

Bangladesh has been ranked 80th with an overall score of 5.88 on the index, compared to the 88th position with a score of 5.57 a year ago, according to the EIU report.

Despite gains on the latest index, Bangladesh is still classified as a hybrid regime and lags behind neighbouring India, which has lost its place due to erosion of civil liberties by BJP-led government and currently at the 51st spot with a score of 6.90.

The index which assesses the global state of democracy in 2019 also reveals that in the past decade, women’s political participation has improved more than any other single indicator in the model.

The EIU report treats only countries with scores above 8 are categorised as "full" democracies.

China is now ranked near the bottom of the rankings at 153rd place with a score of 2.26 as discrimination against minorities in the country intensified over the past year.

Overall, the average global score for democracy fell from 5.48 in 2018 to 5.44 in 2019. It is the worst average global score since the index was first produced in 2006.

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