[megapolitics]

It’s a flawed democracy, but it’s on a consistent upward trajectory.

[ben_w]

Unfortunately not, they're mostly on a downward trend (I'm sure the war and Russian interference doesn't help, but it is what it is).

Still better now (5.42) than Russia today (2.28) or even back in 2006 (Russia was 5.02, though back then Ukraine was 6.94).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index