North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.KCNA via Reuters
Business Insider: RANKED: The most authoritarian regimes in the world
The Economist Intelligence Unit has released its latest Democracy Index this week, which ranks 167 countries according to political and civic freedom.
Countries are given a score out of 10 based on five criteria. Above eight is a "full democracy," while below four is an "authoritarian regime."
The study has five criteria: Whether elections are free and fair ("electoral process and pluralism"), whether governments have checks and balances ("functioning of government"), whether citizens are included in politics ("political participation"), the level of support for the government ("political culture"), and whether people have freedom of expression ("civil liberties").
Below are the world's most authoritarian regimes:
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WNU Editor: I could rearrange the order of the list .... but these countries definitely belong on the list.
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