Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- Bangladesh has dropped 25 positions to 100th place out of 167 countries in the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index 2024, as its score reaches a record low.
The annual index, released on Thursday, rated the state of democracy in countries across the globe based on five categories - electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture, and civil liberties.
Bangladesh, with an overall score of 4.44 out of 10, remains categorised as a "hybrid regime" in the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Democracy Index 2024, but it now ranks closer to the lower end of that classification. A score of 10 represents the highest possible performance, and "hybrid regimes" are defin...