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#GlobalDemocracyIndex: Hong Kong Ranks 87 out of 167 Places
Source: Apple Daily #Feb3
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#GlobalDemocracyIndex: Hong Kong Ranks 87 out of 167 Places
The Economist Intelligence Unit (#EIU) published its latest Global Democracy Index 2020 on 3 February, 2021. The Index measures the state of democracy in 167 countries.
Norway topped the Index with Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Canada making up the top five.
Taiwan ranked the highest among Asian countries at the 11th place while China was ranked 151.
"With the imposition of the National Security Law and the postponement of the Legislative Council election, Hong Kong’s score slipped rapidly for the second year to 5.57, the lowest since the launch of the index in 2006. In terms of rate of decline, it accounted the second largest in the Asia-Pacific region, after Myanmar,” the EIU said.
Hong Kong was previously classified as a “flawed democracy” for eight years along with countries such as the U.S., France, Belgium and Brazil. In its latest report in 2020, the EIU moved Hong Kong into “hybrid regimes” as its ranking slumped by 12 places to 87.
The city’s ranking is lower than many Asia-Pacific countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, and the Philippines.
[Editor's Notes:
Out of 167 countries, the Democracy Index classifies 23 countries as "full democracies", 52 as "flawed democracies", 35 as "hybrid regimes" and 57 as "authoritarian regimes".]
Source: Apple Daily, #Feb3
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210203/65OFFTD7HJEWBDF7WT55M244HU/
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#GlobalDemocracyIndex: Hong Kong Ranks 87 out of 167 Places
The Economist Intelligence Unit (#EIU) published its latest Global Democracy Index 2020 on 3 February, 2021. The Index measures the state of democracy in 167 countries.
Norway topped the Index with Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand and Canada making up the top five.
Taiwan ranked the highest among Asian countries at the 11th place while China was ranked 151.
"With the imposition of the National Security Law and the postponement of the Legislative Council election, Hong Kong’s score slipped rapidly for the second year to 5.57, the lowest since the launch of the index in 2006. In terms of rate of decline, it accounted the second largest in the Asia-Pacific region, after Myanmar,” the EIU said.
Hong Kong was previously classified as a “flawed democracy” for eight years along with countries such as the U.S., France, Belgium and Brazil. In its latest report in 2020, the EIU moved Hong Kong into “hybrid regimes” as its ranking slumped by 12 places to 87.
The city’s ranking is lower than many Asia-Pacific countries like Bangladesh, Thailand, and the Philippines.
[Editor's Notes:
Out of 167 countries, the Democracy Index classifies 23 countries as "full democracies", 52 as "flawed democracies", 35 as "hybrid regimes" and 57 as "authoritarian regimes".]
Source: Apple Daily, #Feb3
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20210203/65OFFTD7HJEWBDF7WT55M244HU/
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Taiwan ranks 8th in the global democracy index, making it the best in Asia, with Hong Kong plunging to 85th and China near the bottom.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released its Global Democracy Index 2021 report, which surveys the political status of 167 countries or regions. However, Hong Kong dropped significantly to 85th place and China reached a new low of 148th place, near the bottom of the list.
The EIU Global Democracy Index uses five factors as indicators, including electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties; and the ranking scale is 10 marks, with 4 levels of ranking, namely, full democracy (8-10 marks), flawed democracy (6-7.99 marks), and hybrid regime (4-6.99 marks). Taiwan, the top Asian country, scored 8.99 marks for full democracy, with full marks of 10 for election process and pluralism.
Hong Kong, on the other hand, ranked 85 with a passing score of 5.6, dropping from a flawed democracy in the past to a hybrid regime. The scores of electoral process and pluralism plummeted to 2.75, government operation only scored 3.64, and political culture scored 5.56 just passing. These three factors contributed to the sharp drop of Hong Kong in the Global Democracy Index.
Source: WhatsNewsMedia #Feb12
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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has released its Global Democracy Index 2021 report, which surveys the political status of 167 countries or regions. However, Hong Kong dropped significantly to 85th place and China reached a new low of 148th place, near the bottom of the list.
The EIU Global Democracy Index uses five factors as indicators, including electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties; and the ranking scale is 10 marks, with 4 levels of ranking, namely, full democracy (8-10 marks), flawed democracy (6-7.99 marks), and hybrid regime (4-6.99 marks). Taiwan, the top Asian country, scored 8.99 marks for full democracy, with full marks of 10 for election process and pluralism.
Hong Kong, on the other hand, ranked 85 with a passing score of 5.6, dropping from a flawed democracy in the past to a hybrid regime. The scores of electoral process and pluralism plummeted to 2.75, government operation only scored 3.64, and political culture scored 5.56 just passing. These three factors contributed to the sharp drop of Hong Kong in the Global Democracy Index.
Source: WhatsNewsMedia #Feb12
#democracy #EconomistIntelligenceUnit #GlobalDemocracyIndex #Asia #HongKong #Taiwan #China #electoralprocess #fulldemocracy #pluralism #flaweddemocracy #hybridregime #authoritarianregime