Ecuador is a hybrid regime.

Hybrid regimes are nations or regions with regular electoral frauds, preventing them from being fair and free democracies. These nations commonly have governments that apply pressure on political opposition, non-independent judiciaries, widespread corruption, harassment and pressure placed on the media, anaemic rule of law,

5.69

Overall democracy score, recorded in 2021.

1.37

Decrease in score from when last recorded in 2020.

Score breakdown

Ecuador's best attribute is it's electoral process and pluralism which was scored at 8.75. On the contrary, it's worst attribute is it's political culture in which it scores 1.88. It also scores 6.67 in political participation, 6.18 in civil liberties and 5 in government functionality.

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