§ 176 75 14 § 146 102 45 § 131 100 31 § 141 59 55 § 151 13 52 § 142 71 31 § 63 20 84 § 72 14 96 § 127 88 62 45 COUNTRY Form of state § Freedom Status: Free Partly free Not free least free most free Freedom in the World Score (2018) Score from 0 to 100: Press Freedom Index (2017) 180 countries compared: 180 rank rank score 1 113 1 0 100 Rule of Law Index (2017-2018) 113 countries compared: § 124 64 63 180 3 93 170 12 ASIA’S DEMOCRATIC CRISIS All over the world, democracies are under pressure. In Asia, the situation is particularly bleak. Within all parameters – be it level of press freedom, political rights and civil liberties or the rule of law – there are very few bright spots. Most of the region can be found at the bottom of the rankings. JAPAN SOUTH KOREA THAILAND BANGLADESH SRI LANKA CHINA CHINA INDIA SRI LANKA PAKISTAN MYANMAR BANGLADESH THAILAND INDONESIA MALAYSIA LAOS VIETNAM CAMBODIA SINGAPORE MONGOLIA RUSSIA JAPAN TAIWAN PHILIPPINES NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA INDONESIA MYANMAR Communist party-led state Parliamentary republic Parliamentary republic Presidential republic Presidential republic Constitutional monarchy Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Presidential republic Single-party state PHILIPPINES Presidential republic Parliamentary republic NORTH KOREA § 132 30 112 CAMBODIA Parliamentary constitutional monarchy TAIWAN Presidential Republic (claimed by China as province of the People's Republic) § 69 51 85 MONGOLIA Presidential republic § 144 45 53 MALAYSIA Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy § 136 62 14 INDIA Federal parliamentary republic § 175 74 20 VIETNAM Communist state § 139 105 43 PAKISTAN Federal parliamentary republic LAOS Communist state GERMANY Parliamentary republic § 15 6 94 Comparison: TEXT AND RESEARCH: BERNHARD BARTSCH, MARTIN GOTTSKE; INFOGRAPHICS: FRIEDERIKE VON POLENZ / INFOGRAPHICS GROUP; SOURCE: 2018 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX BY REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS; THE WJP RULE OF LAW INDEX 2017-2018 BY WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT; FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2018 BY FREEDOM HOUSE

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Page 1: ASIAÕS DEMOCRATIC CRISIS - Bertelsmann Stiftung

176

146

102

131

100

141

55§

151

142

127

COUNTRYForm of state

Freedom Status:

Free

Partly free

Not free

least free most free

Freedom in the World Score (2018)Score from 0 to 100:

Press Freedom Index (2017)180 countries compared:

180 rank

rank

score

113 1

0 100

Rule of Law Index (2017-2018)113 countries compared:

124

180

170

ASIA’S DEMOCRATIC CRISISAll over the world, democracies are under pressure. In Asia, the situation is particularly bleak. Within all parameters – be it level of press freedom, political rights and civil liberties or the rule of law – there are very few bright spots. Most of the region can be found at the bottom of the rankings.

JAPAN

SOUTH KOREA

THAILAND

BANGLADESH

SRI LANKA

CHINA

INDIA

SRI LANKA

PAKISTAN

MYANMAR

BANGLADESH

THAILAND

INDONESIA

MALAYSIA

LAOS

VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

SINGAPORE

MONGOLIA

RUSSIA

JAPAN

TAIWAN

PHILIPPINES

NORTH KOREA

SOUTH KOREA

INDONESIA

MYANMAR

Communist party-led state

Parliamentary republic

Presidential republicPresidential republic

Constitutional monarchy

Parliamentary constitutional

monarchy

Presidential republic

Single-party state

PHILIPPINES

Presidential republic

Parliamentary republic

NORTH KOREA

132

112

CAMBODIAParliamentary constitutional monarchy

TAIWAN

Presidential Republic(claimed by China as province

of the People's Republic)

MONGOLIA

Presidential republic

144

MALAYSIA

Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy

136

INDIAFederal parliamentary republic

175

VIETNAM

Communist state

139

105

PAKISTAN

Federal parliamentary republic

LAOS

Communist state

GERMANY

Parliamentary republic §

Comparison:

TEXT AND RESEARCH: BERNHARD BARTSCH, MARTIN GOTTSKE; INFOGRAPHICS: FRIEDERIKE VON POLENZ / INFOGRAPHICS GROUP; SOURCE: 2018 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX BY REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS; THE WJP RULE OF LAW INDEX 2017-2018 BY WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT; FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2018 BY FREEDOM HOUSE