Kenya outranks US and China in democracy ranking
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Kenya beats the US and China in democracy ranking according to the latest Open Society Barometer Report
Kenya beats the US and China in democracy ranking according to the latest Open Society Barometer Report.
According to the report released in September 2023, 73 percent of Kenyans believe that democracy is preferable to any other form of government.
Kenya outperformed China (62%), which was ranked second, and the advanced democracy United States of America (56%).
Kenya came in second place after Turkey on the leaderboard, where 79% of the populace favors democracy over all other forms of government.
The report polled 36,344 respondents across 30 countries regarding the state of governance across governments ranging from democratic to dictatorial communist.
Kenya posted outstanding results in the Open Society Barometer Report, which revealed that public confidence in democratically run governments was rapidly eroding.
Only 57% of respondents between the ages of 18 and 35 thought democracy was beneficial to society, while 42% supported military control, according to the data.
“Today’s young people have grown up and been politicized as the age of polycrisis has emerged. So, although most people globally still have faith in democracy, that faith is running on fumes,” stated Mark Malloch-Brown, the President of the Open Society Foundation which conducted the survey.
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Since taking over the reins in 2020, US President Joe Biden, a country whose 4-year rotational Head of State has long been touted to be the leader of the free world, has seen support for his presidency drop over time.
Chinese Government, on the other hand, has attracted criticism from foreign and domestic observers for running an authoritarian one-party state harsh on the regime’s critics.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), however, insists that it is a democratic establishment.
Its President, Xi Jinping is serving his third term since ascending to power in 2018.
The poll, however, showed that Kenya led worldwide in countries whose citizens have an innate fear that political unrest in the country could lead to violence in the next year.
The figure stood at 79 percent followed by South Africa (79 percent), Colombia (77 percent), Nigeria (75 percent), Senegal (74 percent), and Argentina and Pakistan (both 73 percent).
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