thecringeandwincefactory:

leftintelligence:

This was a study conducted by The Economist, results published in Jan 2018. 

The study has five criteria: Whether elections are free and fair (“electoral process and pluralism”), governments have checks and balances (“functioning of government”), and whether citizens are included in politics (“political participation”), support their government (“political culture”), and enjoy freedom of expression (“civil liberties”).

According to these criteria, less than 5% of the world’s population lives in a “full democracy.“