The Economic Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index for 2023 shows a negative trend for democracy globally, with a new low average score of 5.23 out of a possible 10.
More than half of the countries in Asia saw their democracy scores go down, with concerns about the erosion of civil liberties and political pluralism.
Joan Hoey is the editor of the Democracy Index and she joins Emile Donovan.
A supporter of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, wearing a face replica of jailed former prime minister and party leader Imran Khan, shout slogans in a protest in Islamabad on February 11, 2024, amid claims the election result delay is allowing authorities to rig the vote-counting. Photo: Supplied/AFP
