Staffan Lindberg, director of the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg, states that democracy's decline worldwide is unprecedented, with 85 countries experiencing authoritarianism in the last 25 years, though Hungary offers a glimmer of hope.

A report by the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg indicates that democracy is in decline globally, having 'sunk like a stone' in the United States.

The director of the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg stated that only 7% of the world's population now enjoys the benefits of liberal democracy, with 40-50 countries moving towards authoritarianism annually, and highlighted the decisive importance of the US midterm elections.

Among the new ‘autocratizers’ are Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia, says report compiled by V-Dem Institute in Sweden.

Montenegro has made significant progress in procedural democracy, according to the V-Dem Institute's 2026 report, ranking ahead of other Balkan countries and categorized as ED+.

A report by the Swedish V-Dem Institute states that the speed at which American democracy is currently collapsing is unprecedented in modern history, highlighting the suppression and intimidation of media and dissenting voices.

A report from the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg indicates that the state of democracy worldwide is at its worst in 50 years, with Professor Staffan I. Lindberg noting a weakening of democratic institutions.

The Swedish V-DEM Institute's analysis shows that Serbia continued to experience democratic backsliding in 2025, marked by a lack of free elections, government electoral intimidation, and declining civil society participation, placing it 112th worldwide.

Rabat – Morocco ranks 109th out of 179 countries in the 2026 Academic Freedom Index (AFI), according to a report by Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and the V-Dem Institute.  The…

A Guardian analysis highlights that the US is no longer a democracy, according to the V-Dem Institute, and suggests that Trump achieved in one year what took Vučić eight, in terms of democratic decline.

The Swedish V-Dem Institute said in its latest report on Democracy that Serbia ranked 112 of the 179 countries it studied and is considered an electio

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey. “Our data on the USA goes back to 1...