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Map ofV-Dem Electoral Democracy Indexin Latin America and the Caribbean for 2023

TheDemocracy in Latin America and the Caribbeancan becompared[1]according to the different definitions of democracy.[2]The V-Dem Democracy indices considers the Latin American and Caribbean countries with the highestdemocracy scoresin 2023 asCosta Rica,Argentina,Chile,UruguayandJamaicaand countries with lowest democracy scores asNicaragua,CubaandVenezuela.[3]Democratic backslidingcan be observed in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean.[4][5]Democratizationis reported byV-Dem Democracy Report 2024in Brazil, Dominican Republic, Honduras and Bolivia.[6]

Measures of democracy

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The table below shows Latin American and Caribbean countries scored on 2 high-levelV-Dem Democracy indicesand 4 mid-level Democracy Component indices published in 2024 evaluating the state of democracy in year 2023.[6][3][7]

V-Dem Democracy Indices (14th edition)
Country Democracy Indices Democracy Component Indices
Electoral Liberal Liberal Egalitarian Participatory Deliberative
Costa Rica 0.868 0.816 0.953 0.886 0.648 0.945
Uruguay 0.845 0.77 0.922 0.821 0.768 0.849
Argentina 0.84 0.69 0.803 0.769 0.616 0.696
Chile 0.838 0.786 0.956 0.723 0.661 0.939
Jamaica 0.798 0.678 0.847 0.829 0.59 0.807
Barbados 0.796 0.678 0.849 0.825 0.295 0.887
Brazil 0.784 0.692 0.887 0.592 0.643 0.925
Trinidad and Tobago 0.753 0.635 0.84 0.788 0.577 0.928
Suriname 0.753 0.631 0.837 0.713 0.572 0.773
Panama 0.73 0.571 0.76 0.541 0.518 0.737
Colombia 0.704 0.565 0.793 0.528 0.648 0.695
Peru 0.699 0.576 0.819 0.519 0.622 0.506
Dominican Republic 0.685 0.438 0.577 0.46 0.595 0.837
Ecuador 0.646 0.467 0.689 0.488 0.759 0.54
Bolivia 0.586 0.353 0.53 0.595 0.632 0.541
Paraguay 0.579 0.426 0.697 0.315 0.535 0.493
Honduras 0.534 0.394 0.695 0.389 0.544 0.675
Mexico 0.534 0.299 0.476 0.452 0.654 0.545
Guyana 0.512 0.332 0.578 0.686 0.513 0.38
Guatemala 0.505 0.309 0.536 0.294 0.489 0.46
El Salvador 0.388 0.111 0.151 0.315 0.469 0.261
Haiti 0.214 0.066 0.152 0.128 0.259 0.597
Venezuela 0.211 0.055 0.115 0.285 0.482 0.067
Cuba 0.176 0.058 0.151 0.771 0.236 0.3
Nicaragua 0.17 0.027 0.042 0.306 0.28 0.033

See also

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References

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  1. ^Geissel, Brigitte; Kneuer, Marianne; Lauth, Hans-Joachim (2016)."Measuring the quality of democracy: Introduction".International Political Science Review.37(5). Sage Publications: 571–579.doi:10.1177/0192512116669141.ISSN0192-5121.JSTOR26556872.S2CID151808737.Retrieved2023-04-03.
  2. ^Greenwood, Shannon (2022-12-06)."Appendix A: Classifying democracies".Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project.Retrieved2022-12-27.
  3. ^abV-Dem Institute (2024)."The V-Dem Dataset".Retrieved7 March2024.
  4. ^Hellinger, Daniel C. (2020).Comparative Politics of Latin America.doi:10.4324/9781003021865.ISBN978-1-003-02186-5.
  5. ^Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Compilation of Selected Indices, Carla Y. Davis-Castro, Congressional Research Service, accessed 2023
  6. ^abDemocracy Report 2024, Varieties of Democracy
  7. ^Coppedge, Michael; et al. (2020).Varieties of Democracy.doi:10.1017/9781108347860.ISBN978-1-108-34786-0.
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