Democracy Index 2025. In the latest published edition, corresponding to the year 2022, only 24 countries in the world have been rated as 'full democracies', representing 8% of the world's population. According to the 2024 mo ibrahim index of african governance, overall governance improved between 2014 and 2023 in countries covering about half of africa’s population.

The global state of democracy indices (gsod indices) measure democratic trends at the country, regional and global levels across a broad range of indicators democratic performance. The decision was supported by 281 сongress.