Nations in Transit 2019
Georgia
Transitional or Hybrid Regime
38
100
| DEMOCRACY-PERCENTAGE Democracy Percentage | 38.10 100 |
| DEMOCRACY-SCORE Democracy Score | 3.29 7 |
Last Year's Democracy Percentage & Status
39
100
Transitional or Hybrid Regime
The ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 7, with 7 representing the highest level of democratic progress and 1 the lowest. The Democracy Score is an average of ratings for the categories tracked in a given year. The Democracy Percentage, introduced in 2020, is a translation of the Democracy Score to the 0-100 scale, where 0 equals least democratic and 100 equals most democratic.
See the methodology.
- Electoral Process score declined from 3.50 to 3.25. The country’s 2018 presidential elections were marred by improprieties, with the ruling Georgian Dream party’s candidate and eventual winner, Salome Zourabichvili, enjoying a dubious advantage owing to what OSCE/ODHIR observers called the “[blurred] line between party and state.” Just days before the second round of the vote, a charity controlled by billionaire Georgian Dream party leader Bidzina Ivanishvilli announced that it would pay off the debts of some 600,000 citizens, a move that opposition figures denounced as vote-buying.
Country Facts
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Population
3,713,000 -
Region
Eurasia -
Global Freedom Score
58 100 partly free -
Internet Freedom Score
76 100 free