The 30 highest rated democracies for 2022. 24 are full democracies, 6 are flawed ones.

[Celerity]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index#List_by_country

The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research division of the Economist Group, a UK-based private company which publishes the weekly newspaper The Economist. Akin to a Human Development Index but centrally concerned with political institutions and freedoms, the index attempts to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries and territories, of which 166 are sovereign states and 164 are UN member states.

The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five categories, measuring pluralism, civil liberties and political culture. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorizes each country into one of four regime types: full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes. The first Democracy Index report was published in 2006. Reports were published every two years until 2010 and annually thereafter.

[jimfields33]

1. I think they should add diverse population in the ranking

Some of the higher ranked gave little to no diversity. Diversity makes democracy stronger.

[Celerity]

2. Sweden, for instance, is very diverse. We have a higher percentage of 1st and 2nd gen

immigrants in terms of our population than the US does. We have taken in the US population-adjusted equivalent of 50 million refugees since the mid to late 1990s, with that number exploding in the 2000s and 2010s.

also, this

Diversity makes democracy stronger.

Is not always the case. History is littered with examples showing that if not properly managed, diversity can unleash forces that rip a nation apart.

[blm]

3. Interesting.

[bullwinkle428]

4. This list very closely parallels one I saw relating to women's rights

rankings by country, which of course, generates some attention relating to Women's History Month & International Women's Day.

The U.S. is "dropping with a bullet", so to speak, in the wake of the Dobbs ruling.

[sanatanadharma]

5. Living in Uruguay, I am impressed by the 'full democracy'

Living in Uruguay, I am impressed by the 'full democracy' and the passion for politics among the people.

Everything good about a 'woke' society can be found here (diversity, inclusion, rights), along with everything wrong in the human heart.
Thankfully, the gun has no rights here; nonetheless the killings continue.

[Celerity]

6. Great footballing tradition too! La Celeste, plus the great clubs like Penarol and Nacional

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. America and Israel now tied at the bottom rung of democracy...or top rung of fascism.

Bet this will be major news on the major mass media in America, right?

[Celerity]

10. tbf, there are many more until we get to the bottom

[Mosby]

11. It's notable that the authors don't buy the apartheid smear.

Proof that it's just an antisemitic lie.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

12. The authors are the publishers of a respected, scientific analysis presented as an Index.

Isn’t anti-anything!

Suppose good deal of folks in Israel agree with the fascism, voted for fascist parties.

[Mosby]

13. Israel is number 3 in political participation.

So they are definitely engaged in the process.

Israel's lowest score was in civil liberties, which is exactly the reason for all recent protests.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

14. Exactly the reason is a damn good reason! Dismantling the third leg of democracy!

[geardaddy]

8. I would call the UK a flawed democracy n/t

[spanone]

9. The U.S. is getting more flawed by the day.

[jcgoldie]

15. USA! USA!

Number 30! Number 30!

[Mosby]

16. The senate isn't very democratic

Neither is gerrymandering. Or the electoral college.

[jcgoldie]

17. yeah I get it

But we do have wide swaths of red on the map. Doesn't a lot of dirt carry any sway in a democracy?

[Mosby]

18. I know you do, just adding to your point.