Shawdesh desk:

Bangladesh has improved four notches on the latest Democracy Index, compared to the previous year, according to a study report.

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report released on Wednesday, Asia has recorded the higher improvement than any other regions.

Bangladesh has ranked 76th with an overall score of 5.99 on the Democracy Index 2020, compared to the 80^th position with a score of 5.88 a year ago.

Despite gains on the latest index, Bangladesh is still classified as a hybrid regime and is way behind India.

India slipped two places to 53rd position in the global ranking, but Pakistan moved three steps up to 108th ranking.

EIU also said women’s political participation has improved more than any other single indicator in the model in the past decade.

The EIU report says only countries with scores above 8 have been categorised as “full” democracies.