The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. 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. This category includes all Scandinavian countries, several Western European nations, as well as Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Mauritius, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Latin American countries Uruguay, Costa Rica and Chile.
《经济学人》民主指数每年都会对各国的治理体系状况进行评级。在最新公布的 2022 年版本中，全世界只有 24 个国家被评为 "完全民主国家"，占世界人口的 8%。这类国家包括所有斯堪的纳维亚国家、几个西欧国家、加拿大、新西兰、澳大利亚、毛里求斯、韩国、台湾、日本以及拉丁美洲国家乌拉圭、哥斯达黎加和智利。
