Bangladesh improves two places up to rank 73th in democracy index

Bangladesh has improved two places up to rank 73th in the latest edition of the Democracy Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Thursday.

According to the UK-based EIU’s report, the overall score of Bangladesh is 5.99, on a scale of 0-10 in 2022. This figure is unchanged from the previous year of 2021.

Bangladesh , on the light of the report, has been classified as a ‘hybrid regime’ and lags behind neighbouring country India in 46th place, with an overall score of 7.04 and Sri Lanka in 67th place.

Democracy Index ranks the countries on five parameters such as- electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties.

The EIU report said there were impressive democratic gains in some countries, but also some dramatic declines. Thailand recorded the biggest overall score improvement in 2022, increasing its total from 6.04 in 2021 to 6.67.

Again, Norway retained the top spot in the index, followed by New Zealand in second place. Meanwhile, Afghanistan and Myanmar remained in the bottom two places, with North Korea just above them.