North Korea has placed last in a world democracy index in 2019 as it scored zero in electoral process and civil liberties.
According to the annual democracy index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit, the North ranked at the bottom among the 167 countries surveyed with the lowest score of 1.08 out of 10.
The North's ranking in the EIU index has not changed since the London-based agency began to compile the data in 2006.
The report classified North Korea as an "authoritarian regime," with low scores of 2.50 and 1.67 for functioning of government and political participation, respectively.
Meanwhile, South Korea saw its ranking drop by two notches to 23rd last year from a year earlier with a score of 8.■
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