Bangladesh has been the highest in the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Democracy Index over a year. Bangladesh has lagged 20 steps back to the Democracy Index in 2021 compared to 2021.
According to the London -based The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the Democracy Index of 2021, Bangladesh is ranked 5th in 5 countries and 2 regions. The index of democracy in any other country in the world has not been so down in 2021 compared to the previous year.
The EIU released the index on its website on Thursday.
The EIU has conducted research on five independent countries and two regions of the world to illustrate the overall picture of the world's democracy. The index was created considering the five issues. These things are – election process and pluralism, the effectiveness of the government, political participation, political culture and civil liberties. Each subject score 1. On the basis of this score, the governance of the countries is divided into four parts. These are full democracy, defective democracy, hybrid governance and authoritarian governance.
Of course, according to the report, the average index of global democracy has been increasing since the 21st. This degradation has been accelerated, especially since the time of the Covid epidemic.
Bangladesh was ranked 5th in the EIU's Democracy Index of 2021. It was the 5th in 2022. That is, Bangladesh was two steps behind the previous year in 2021. But in 2021, one jump has dropped 20 steps back to 5.
According to the EIU report, Bangladesh has reduced the highest score in 2021. This time the overall score of Bangladesh is 5.7. The score has decreased by 9.75 compared to 2021. In the previous year, Bangladesh's score was 5.7.
Benin, a West African country with the same score, is also ranked 5th. However, in the previous year, the country has taken three steps in 2021 and Bangladesh has taken 20 steps.
According to the report, like 2021 last year, Bangladesh is in the 'hybrid governance', but this time it has fallen down. Bangladesh is at risk of getting down in the authoritarian governance at any time.
This time, Bangladesh scored the lowest in both cases (2 decimal 1) and 'civil freedom' (9.75) out of the five categories. However, the best of 5 out of 5 is done with the score of 5 decimal 5 in the category of 'Election Process' and 'pluralism'. 'Political participation' and 'political culture' have scored in both categories. In 2021, the lowest score was 'Civil Liberation' (9.75) and 'political participation' (9.75). The highest score was the election process and pluralism (9.22).
In addition, the type of democracy in Bangladesh was in the 'flawed' category in the 21st. Then from 20 to 2021, the democracy of Bangladesh has been getting the 'hybrid governance'.
The hybrid regime refers to the EIU, a system where free and neutral electoral system is often interrupted. In this governance, the government is under pressure from the opposition. The judicial system is not independent. Journalists were stressed and harassed. The widespread spread of corruption, the rule of weak law, the weak civil society is one of the characteristics of such governance.
Norway is at the top of the Democracy Index in 2021, as in the previous year. The second and third positions are New Zealand and Sweden respectively. Although Iceland is third in 2021, the country has come down fourth this time.
Like the previous year, the Democracy Index is also on the floor (5th) Afghanistan. The country's score is zero decimal 20. It was decimal 2021 in 2021. Myanmar (5th) and North Korea (5th) are also in the upper two positions of Afghanistan this year.
The UK's position on this list has risen to one step ahead. The US position is also one step ahead of the previous year. However, the country's democracy includes the 'defective governance'.
China's position in the authoritarian category is now three steps ahead, the country's position. Russia is in the 5th position with the West African country Guinea Bisau. Last time Russia was the 5th.
India is the best in South Asian countries. The country was ranked 5th, the same in 2021. Then there are Sri Lanka (5th), Bhutan (5th), Nepal (9th), Pakistan (125th) respectively.
Pakistan is one of the countries that have worsened the Democracy Index in Asia than 2021 in 2021. The country's position was six steps behind in 2021 compared to the previous year. However, South Korea has dropped to 12th position in 2021 compared to 2021 in the region.
The EIU said there were full democracy in 20 out of 5 countries and regions in 2021. The democratic system of the 3 is defective. Hybrid governance exists in six countries and regions including Bangladesh. And most of all were authoritarian governance.
According to the EIU report, the interim government of Bangladesh is under pressure to organize elections. In the face of mass uprising, Sheikh Hasina, the long -time ruler, took the rule after the ouster. However, they want to reform various state institutions before giving elections. As a result, elections can be left after 2021.
