"The V-Dem report is almost certainly the world's most data-heavy democracy and autocracy chronicle, claiming to utilize upwards of 30 million data points from 202 countries and territories from 1789 until the present day."
"Democracy in the USA is deteriorating at unprecedented speed. The level of democracy for the average citizen in Western Europe and North America is at its lowest level in over 50 years, primarily due to ongoing autocratization in the USA."
The V-Dem Institute's annual Democracy Report reveals a significant decline in democratic processes worldwide, labeling it a "great reversal". In 2005, only 9% of the global population lived in countries trending toward autocracy, but this figure rose to 41% last year. The United States has notably dropped from 24th to 51st in democratic rankings, with the report indicating unprecedented deterioration in democracy. Global democratic scores have regressed to levels not seen since 1978, largely influenced by the autocratization in the U.S.
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