Monday, December 27, 2010

Democracy Ranking 2010

Democracy Ranking 2010 released on December 13, 2010 by Vienna-based Democracy Ranking Association showed Nepal in 90th position among 100 countries of the world.

The Association explained it considered indicators such as politics, gender issues and economic aspects for its study. The NGO spoke with more than 91,000 people in 86 countries for its study.

The think tank said Nepal did best when it comes to improving the situation between 2005 and 2006 and from 2008 to 2009.

Norway, which came second in 2009, toppled last year’s leader Sweden to grab first place in the ranking.

Finland takes third place ahead of Switzerland and Denmark. New Zealand makes sixth place followed by the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany. The United Kingdom comes 10th ahead of Austria which reached ninth place in last year’s ranking.

The United States of America takes 15th place, up one spot year on year, while the Philippines, the Central African Republic and Niger come last among the 100 investigated countries.

Serbia takes second place in the 2010 Democracy Improvement Ranking ahead of Poland.

The NGO spoke with more than 91,000 people in 86 countries for its study.

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