Summit for Democracy: Defending Democracy in the World

By: Nitya Jadeja
Dec 09, 2021


On December 9-10, 2021, US President Joe Biden hosts the Summit for Democracy to renew democracies around the globe and tackle the threats against democracies by authoritarian leaders. This Graph of the Week is from the V-Dem Institute’s Democracy Report 2021: Autocratization Turns Viral showing the 25 autocratizing countries outnumbering the 16 advancing countries.

In light of these challenges to democracy worldwide, the V-Dem Institute held the Case for Democracy Conference on Nov.30-Dec.1, 2021 in Brussels with support from the European Union. The Case for Democracy program aims to provide scientific evidence about the benefits of democracy for the benefit of initiatives like the US Summit in countering autocratization. 

To learn more about the Case for Democracy program, visit v-dem.net.