Largest Democratic Country In Asia

The list is colour coded according to the type of government for example.

Largest democratic country in asia. Myanmar north korea oman ruled by a hereditary sultan with an advisory council. Most of these countries are so far from democratic that it shows how undemocratic the rest of asia is. So too have countries in asia with india being the world s largest democracy. Blue represents a republic with an executive head of state and pink is a constitutional monarchy.

If it refers to population indonesia is the region s most populous democracy with over 200 million individuals of voting age. China an authoritarian state under one party rule. Many countries are full democracies score of 10 including australia new zealand japan and mongolia. Some parts of africa especially in the west and the south have democratized.

Denmark is one of the full democratic countries with a score of 9 22 coming in fifth among the world s full democracies. Largest country india. The top country is norway with 9 87 and the bottom country is unsurprisingly north korea with 1 08. For comparison the us has a 7 96 on this scale and the uk has an 8 53.

Brunei the system of government is a sultanate meaining that the executive authority lies with the unelected sultan. Sweden is closely followed by new zealand in the fourth position having a score of 9 26. Most countries in europe and the americas are now democracies. Laos a communist single party state.

If it refers to land area australia is the largest country in the. The third full democratic country is sweden with a score of 9 39. Norway it is ranked as the most democratic country in the world as it succeeded to score 9 93. The democracy index is an index compiled by the economist intelligence unit eiu a uk based company it intends to measure the state of democracy in 167 countries of which 166 are sovereign states and 164 are un member states.

This is a list of countries by system of government there is also a political mapping of the world that shows what form of government each country has as well as a brief description of what each form of government entails. The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories. The index was first published in 2006 with updates for 2008 2010 and later years.