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Democratic index is an index created in 2006 by the Economist group, which evaluates democracy level on a scale
between 0 and 10. Thus, we distinguish authoritarian regimes with an index inferior to 4, hybrid regimes with an
index between 4 and 6, regimes with imperfect democracy with an index between 6 and 8 and finally democratic
countries with an index superior to 8. Table 1 shows average democracy index by region in 2010 and 2011. The
table indicates that Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa, currently in transitions, are the most
authoritarian countries with an average democracy index varying between 3.43 and 3.62.