Global Democracy Index 2024. Half of the world’s population will head to polls this year, and almost a fourth of them live in india. Norway leads the pack with a democracy index score of 9.8, closely followed by new.

Average) best estimate of the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair. According to the 2023 democracy index 7.8% of the world’s population in 24 countries live in a “full democracy”, 37.6% in 50 countries in a “flawed democracy”, 15.2% in.