
By Ifigenia Theodoridou
Cyprus slipped three places in its score for the Democracy Index 2024, ranking 40 th out of 167 countries.
The index, developed by Economist Intelligence, listed Cyprus as a flawed democracy, along with countries such as Malta, France, US, Israel and Serbia .
“Representative democracy is not working for large numbers of citizens around the world,” the report said.
The Democracy Index is a “thick” measure of