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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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