According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index, the Middle East and North Africa is the lowest ranked of all regions covered in the index. The findings come just over a decade after the so-called Arab Spring protests called for democratic change. The EIU index said that less than two years after the protests, just one of those countries – Tunisia – remained a democracy, but a draft constitution published last week could push the country back towards authoritarianism, if approved. This is how six of the Arab nations ranked on the index.
