Belgrade panorama (BETAPHOTO/PETAR VUJANIC)
Serbia has regressed in the Democracy Index for 2022, published by The Economist magazine from the UK. It is ranked 68th with the average score of 6.33 and remains in the group of “flawed democracies.”
Serbia fell five places compared with its 2021 score, when it was 63rd with the average score of 6.36. Two years ago, it was 66th on the list. The latest report of the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) titled “Frontline democracy and the battle for Ukraine” covers 167 countries, as it did in 2021, and divides them into four categories: full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes and authoritarian regimes.
Serbia has a total of 6.33 points (of the maximum of 10) and is ranked 68th, ahead of Moldova and behind Guyana. It received the best grade in the “electoral process and pluralism” category – 7.83, and the worst, repeating the grade from 2021, in “political culture” – 3.75. All Western Balkan countries are in the group of “flawed democracies,” except Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is in the “hybrid regimes” group.
Slovenia in the 31st and Croatia in the 55th place are ahead of Serbia and, compared with last year’s report, Montenegro (61st) and Albania (64th) have overtaken it. Serbia is ahead of North Macedonia (72nd) and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which has dropped from 95th in 2021 to 97th place.
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