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Which country has topped the EIU’s 2021 Democracy Index?
A
Norway
B
Australia
C
Singapore
D
New Zealand
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What are the Main Findings of the Report? Top Performance: Sweden topped the LDI index, other Scandinavian countries such as Denmark and Norway, along with Costa Rica and New Zealand make up the top five in liberal democracy rankings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Overall, India’s score on index stands at 66 in 2022, down from 77 in 20185. The decline has been on account of the category Civil Liberties which declined from 42 in 2018 to 33 in 2022. The score on Political Rights also declined slightly from 35 in 2018 to 33 in 2022 (Figure 2).

Detailed explanation-3: -Ans : India has ranked 46 th in the global democracy index 2021 as per the economist intelligence unit. India has scored 6.75 to come 46th. Norway with the highest score of 9.75 has backed rank 1.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research division of the Economist Group, a UK-based private company which publishes the weekly newspaper The Economist.

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