The pandemic caused an unprecedented rollback of democratic freedoms in 2020
2020 Rankings
| Top 5 | Country | Score |
| 1 | Norway | 9.81 |
| 2 | Iceland | 9.37 |
| 3 | Sweden | 9.26 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 9.25 |
| 5 | Canada | 9.24 |
| Bottom 5 | Country | Score |
| 163 | Chad | 1.55 |
| 164 | Syria | 1.43 |
| 165 | Central African Republic | 1.32 |
| 166 | Dem. Republic of Congo | 1.13 |
| 167 | North Korea | 1.08 |
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I looked through to see if there were any rules of thumb for overseas investors. This is the best I could do.
1. Avoid the most authoritarian countries. But others may not be so bad.
2. Flawed democracies can be good investment destinations.
3. Hybrid authoritarian-democratic regimes can be good investment destinations.
4. The most 'democratic' countries can still be subject to special-interest hold up of valuable projects.
