Democracy in Asia can be comparatively assessed according to various definitions of democracy. According to the V-Dem Democracy indices, the Asian countries with the highest democracy scores in year 2025 were Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Cyprus and Sri Lanka, meanwhile the Asian countries with lowest democracy scores in 2023 are Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Afghanistan.
Democracy in Asia can be comparatively assessed according to various definitions of democracy. According to the V-Dem Democracy indices, the Asian countries with the highest democracy scores in year 2025 were Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Cyprus and Sri Lanka, meanwhile the Asian countries with lowest democracy scores in 2023 are Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Afghanistan.
Source: Wikipedia "Democracy in Asia" · CC BY-SA 4.0
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