The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Democracy Index 2023 released on February 16, 2024, ranked Mauritius in 20th place with an overall index score of 8.14.
According to the document, Mauritius remains the only African country classified as “full democracy” and the country moves up one rank from 2022 in this edition of the Democracy Index which examines the state of global democracy in 2023 and provides a snapshot of the state of democracy in 165 independent and other states.
In its analysis, the 2023 Democracy Index highlights that more than a third of the world’s population, or 39.4%, live under an authoritarian regime, a share that has increased in recent years.
Of the remaining 95 countries in the index, 34 are classified as “hybrid regimes”, combining elements of formal democracy and authoritarianism, and 59 are classified as “authoritarian regimes”.
