Lithuania is a flawed democracy.

Flawed democracies are nations or regions where elections are fair and free and basic civil liberties are honoured but may have issues (e.g. media freedom infringement and minor suppression of political opposition and critics).

7.31

Overall democracy score, recorded in 2021.

1.01

Increase in score from when last recorded in 2020.

Score breakdown

Lithuania's best attribute is it's electoral process and pluralism which was scored at 9.58. On the contrary, it's worst attribute is it's political culture in which it scores 5.63. It also scores 8.82 in civil liberties, 6.43 in government functionality and 6.11 in political participation.

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