Dataset: Trends in Asian Democratization (2008-2022)
Le Dong Hai Nguyen | May 4, 2022
Between 2008 and 2019, the aggregate average of the democracy index for all Asia-Pacific countries as published by Freedom House saw a 2.67 points increase. During the same period, the world average saw a 2.76 points decrease.
Freedom Index aggregate scores for the Asia-Pacific region and the world average from 2008 to 2022. Territories are excluded from the aggregate data.
Yet, in the span of just two years since the pandemic hit in early 2020, the region’s democracy index has suffered a massive plunge.
Freedom Index for the Asia-Pacific region between 2008 and 2022. Sub-category scores for the Asia-Pacific region from 2006 to 2022. Territories are excluded from the aggregate data. 2006 is the first year Freedom House introduced the 12-point rating system for each sub-category of its Freedom Index.
Data compiled and calculated by the author on basis of data publicly available on Freedom House. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.
