Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the most election-heavy year in recent history, democracy has hit a record low around the world, according to a new study.

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Do democracies perform better than authoritarian regimes at the FIFA World Cup? Since 1982, every FIFA World Cup winner has ...

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Democratic countries tend to be rated "greener," or more environmentally friendly, compared to other countries—but this may be because they more often outsource the environmental impacts of their ...

Democracies often have fewer murders per capita than other countries, but they are often also wealthier than countries with other forms of government. So, are the lower murder rates due to democracy ...

A new report has found serious concerns about the state of global democracy as more countries slip in democratic performance.Global patterns show that democracy around the world continued to weaken ...

Across the world, the progress of democracy has slowed, if not reversed. According to Freedom House’s ratings, 23 countries became less free between 2013 and 2024—including India, Turkey, Hungary, and ...

Democratic countries tend to be rated “greener”, or more environmentally friendly, compared to other countries—but this may be because they more often outsource the environmental impacts of their ...

Thousands of educated workers leave their home countries every day for more developed and stable economies. In turn, these emigrants deplete their homelands of resources—their talent and intellect, as ...

And democracies are tipped for success in 2026. The top 11 FIFA-ranked countries are all “free.” For the top 19 countries, all but two — Morocco and Ecuador — are free, and those two are ranked by ...