Uzbekistan climbs in the Democracy Index ranking

In the index of democracy, compiled by the British company Economist Intelligence Unit, Uzbekistan was ranked 156th among 167 countries.

It should be noted the republic occupied the 159th place in 2012 and hasn’t improved ever since until the publication of the current list.

Kazakhstan took the 144th line, while Tajikistan was ranked 159, Turkmenistan – 162 and Kyrgyzstan - 98.

The ranking takes into account such important indicators as elections and pluralism, civil liberty, government activity, political engagement of the population and political culture.