India Slips 10 Points In Democracy Index 2019

India has been known as the world’s largest democracy, but according to a recent report carried out by the Economist intelligence unit, India has slipped 10 positions and has ranked 51, among the 167 countries on the democracy index.

The reason for the slip in democracy index is the erosion of civil liberties. The important ranking factors indicate how one country is performing as a democracy and India was among the laggards in 2019.

India has been given a score of 6.9 which is cited as India’s lowest since the inception of the index in 2006 with the highest score of 7.91 in 2014. The grading is provided based on the electoral process and pluralism (8.67), government functioning (6.79), political participation (6.67), political culture (5.63) and civil liberties (6.76). In the Asia and Australia region, India ranks eighth, behind Taiwan and Timor-Leste.