A quarter of countries are not free. Where are they located?
Land of the Increasingly Non-Free
Many young democracies with flawed institutions are struggling not to slide backward. Turkey has failed.
Turkey’s Erdogan: Leader-for-Life?
The country’s leader since 2003 has been adept at evading term limits or restarting the clock on them.
Strict Executive Term Limits: US Still a Leader?
The country might be constitutionally backward on other fronts, but it is still a model on executive term limits.
China’s Term-Limit Rollback
Post-Mao term limits became important when China’s presidency took on the country’s lead role, but Xi Jinping is ending them.
Russia’s Long-Serving Leaders
Putin embarked on yet another re-election bid, making full use of his constitutional changes over the years.
Western Europe: The Fastest-Closing Gender Gap
Which world regions have the widest gender gaps and which are closing slowest?
The Economic Participation Gender Gap: Two More Centuries?
Across five economic dimensions, women’s inclusion in recent years has been slower than in other areas of life.
The Women’s Education Gap is Nearly Closed
Health outcomes are even closer but moving in the wrong direction.
International Women’s Day: 100 More Years to Parity?
The overall gender gap and the political representation gap specifically is still a century from closing at the current pace.