Asian_Geographic_Issue_4_2017

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DATA SOURCED THE DEMOCRACY INDEX AND THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT
*DATA FOR BRUNEI UNAVAILABLE IN THE INDEX

Japan POLItICAL SYStEMS
South Korea
Israel
India
Taiwan
Indonesia
Philippines
Mongolia
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Hong Kong
Singapore
Bangladesh
Turkey
Kyrgystan
Bhutan
Thailand
Lebanon
Nepal
Palestine
Pakistan
Cambodia
Myanmar
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Vietnam
Russia
Qatar
China
Kazakhstan
Oman
Bahrain
UAE
Afghanistan
Laos
Iran
Uzbekistan
Saudi Arabia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Syria
North Korea

2.55

2.79

5.73

4.93

4.27

3.14

6.42

7.81

6.97

2.34

4.08

7.85

7.99

3.96

3.06

3.85

4.93

2.37

4.86

6.54

6.62

4.20

4.86

1.08

3.04

4.33

4.49

6.94

3.18

3.24

1.93

6.38

6.48

1.43

1.89

4.92

7.79

1.83

2.75

1.95

3.38

7.92

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COU ntRIES

DEMOCRACY InDEx

FLAWED DEMOCRACIES
jAPAn: Parliamentary government
with constitutional monarchy
SOUtH kOREA: Presidential-
parliamentary democracy
ISRAEL: Parliamentary democracy
InDIA: Federal republic
tAIWAn: Presidential-legislative
democracy
InDOnESIA: Republic
PHILIPPInES: Presidential-legislative
democracy
MOngOLIA: Presidential-
parliamentary democracy
MALAYSIA: Constitutional monarchy
SRI LAnkA: Presidential-parliamentary
democracy
HOng kOng: Limited democracy
SIngAPORE: Parliamentary republic

HYBRID REgIME
BA ngLADESH: Parliamentary
democracy
tURkEY: Parliamentary democracy
kYRgYzStAn: Republic
BHUtAn: Constitutional monarchy
tHAILAnD: Constitutional monarchy
LEBAnOn: Republic
nEPAL: Federal democratic republic
PALEStInE: Parlimentary democracy
PAkIStAn: Presidential-parliamentary
democracy
CAMBODIA: Multiparty democracy
under constitutional monarchy
MYAnMAR: Military junta from 1962 to
2011; transition to democracy
IRAq: Parliamentary democracy

AUt HORItARIAn
jORDAn: Absolute monarchy
kUWAIt: Constitutional monarchy
vIEtnAM: Communist state
RUSSIA: Federation
qAtAR: Absolute monarchy
CHInA: Communist state
kAzAkHStAn: Republic; authoritarian
presidential rule
OMAn: Absolute monarchy
BAHRAIn: Constitutional monarchy
UnItED ARAB EMIRAtES (UAE):
Absolute monarchy; federation
AFgHAnIStAn: Republic
LAOS: Communist state
IRAn: Islamic republic
UzBEkIStAn: Republic; authoritarian
SAUDI ARABIA: Absolute monarchy
tAjIkIStAn: Multiparty democracy
tURkMEnIStAn: Presidential republic
SYRIA: Republic in state of war
nORtH kOREA: Communist state
one-man dictatorship

Below are the democratic
rankings of countries in Asia

Democratic Standing in Asia


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