译者 Loveislove
The Democracy Index is an index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (a private business) that measures the state of democracy in 167 countries, of which 166 are sovereign states and 165 are UN member states. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation and political culture. The Index was first produced in 2006, with updated lists produced in 2008, 2010 and 2011.
民主指数（Democracy Index） 由经济学人智库（私营企业）所编辑，旨在去衡量包括166个主权国家、165个联合国成员国家在内的167个国家的民主程度。这个经济学人智库的民主指数以涵盖60个指标的五个不同分类为依据，分别为：选举程序，多元化，公民自由，政府职能，政治参与和政治文化。这个指数于2006年第一次发布，随后分别在2008年、2010年和2011年更新了数据。
According to the latest issue of the Index, for 2011 Norway scored a total of 9.80 on a scale from zero to ten, keeping its position from 2010, when it replaced Sweden as the highest ranked country in the index. North Korea scored the lowest with 1.08, remaining at the bottom in 167th place, the same as in 2010. The Democracy Index for 2011 highlights the impact of the Arab Spring and the greater effects it might have, as well as the impact of the global financial crisis in 2008–09 on politics throughout most of Europe. The Democracy Index score was lower in 2011 than in 2010 in 48 countries out of the 167 that are covered. It was higher in 41 ranked countries, and it stayed the same in 78.
从最新发布的指数来看，2011年挪威在0至10的数值范围中得到9.80，从2010年开始取代瑞典在排名上保持第一位。北朝鲜得到了最低的1.08，和2010年一样保持在最低的167位。2011年的民主指数显示出了阿拉伯之春的效果和它潜在的影响力，同时也显示了2008-2009年的全球金融危机对欧洲政治的影响。2011年在167个覆盖国家中有48个国家的民主指数低于2010年。其中之前最高排名在41位的国家，现在位居第78位。
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