DQI combines V-Dem, Freedom House, and RSF rankings via geometric mean — so weakness in any single dimension pulls the composite down. It has fallen from 0.71 (2014) to 0.40 (2026). The 2014-2020 slide alone wiped out half the index's headroom.
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This is one of 36 standing analyses drawn from the Some Perspective dataset. It is not dated commentary: it describes a relationship in the data that holds across the series, and it is regenerated whenever the underlying dataset is refreshed. The figures quoted here reflect the 2026-08-15 data vintage.