Democratic backsliding

Democratic backsliding - political phenomenon where liberal democracies gradually become illiberal and authoritarian. Article “Democratic backsliding” in Simple English Wikipedia has 71.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 53 references and 8 sections.

This article has the best quality in Malay Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

In June 2026 the article “Democratic backsliding” was edited by 3 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (501^st place) and written by 20 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Democratic backsliding”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 466 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1264 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #501 in June 2026
• Global: #8570 in January 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #56554 in April 2026
• Global: #59682 in March 2022

There are 22 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Malay (ms) Kemerosotan demokrasi		90
2	Turkish (tr) Demokratik gerileme		89.0769
3	English (en) Democratic backsliding		84.9954
4	Romanian (ro) Erodarea democrației		82.9167
5	Hebrew (he) שחיקה דמוקרטית		81.5385
6	Simple English (simple) Democratic backsliding		71.5504
7	Greek (el) Δημοκρατική οπισθοδρόμηση		67.8355
8	Chinese (zh) 民主倒退		66.9703
9	Japanese (ja) 民主主義の後退		60.9415
10	Spanish (es) Erosión democrática		54.7509

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Democratic backsliding" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Democratic backsliding		1 575 540
2	Spanish (es) Erosión democrática		22 576
3	Chinese (zh) 民主倒退		22 298
4	Dutch (nl) Democratische erosie		15 020
5	French (fr) Érosion démocratique		11 680
6	Hebrew (he) שחיקה דמוקרטית		6 809
7	Indonesian (id) Kemunduran demokrasi		6 744
8	Japanese (ja) 民主主義の後退		6 479
9	Turkish (tr) Demokratik gerileme		6 367
10	Persian (fa) عقب‌نشینی دموکراتیک		4 484

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Democratic backsliding" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Democratic backsliding		14 792
2	Japanese (ja) 民主主義の後退		414
3	Spanish (es) Erosión democrática		370
4	Chinese (zh) 民主倒退		349
5	French (fr) Érosion démocratique		146
6	Persian (fa) عقب‌نشینی دموکراتیک		110
7	Dutch (nl) Democratische erosie		96
8	Portuguese (pt) Colapso democrático		80
9	Turkish (tr) Demokratik gerileme		75
10	Hebrew (he) שחיקה דמוקרטית		49

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Democratic backsliding" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Democratic backsliding		340
2	Hebrew (he) שחיקה דמוקרטית		29
3	Dutch (nl) Democratische erosie		12
4	Japanese (ja) 民主主義の後退		10
5	Spanish (es) Erosión democrática		9
6	French (fr) Érosion démocratique		9
7	Portuguese (pt) Colapso democrático		7
8	Chinese (zh) 民主倒退		7
9	Czech (cs) Eroze demokracie		6
10	Serbian (sr) Демократско назадовање		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Democratic backsliding" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Democratic backsliding		12
2	Simple English (simple) Democratic backsliding		3
3	Japanese (ja) 民主主義の後退		1
4	Georgian (ka) დემოკრატიული დაღმასვლა		1
5	Korean (ko) 민주주의 후퇴		1
6	Romanian (ro) Erodarea democrației		1
7	Chinese (zh) 民主倒退		1
8	Arabic (ar) تدهور ديمقراطي		0
9	Czech (cs) Eroze demokracie		0
10	Greek (el) Δημοκρατική οπισθοδρόμηση		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Democratic backsliding" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Democratic backsliding		607
2	Persian (fa) عقب‌نشینی دموکراتیک		135
3	Turkish (tr) Demokratik gerileme		117
4	Dutch (nl) Democratische erosie		59
5	Spanish (es) Erosión democrática		50
6	Portuguese (pt) Colapso democrático		41
7	Korean (ko) 민주주의 후퇴		39
8	Hebrew (he) שחיקה דמוקרטית		37
9	Chinese (zh) 民主倒退		35
10	French (fr) Érosion démocratique		30

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تدهور ديمقراطي
cs	Czech Eroze demokracie
el	Greek Δημοκρατική οπισθοδρόμηση
en	English Democratic backsliding
es	Spanish Erosión democrática
fa	Persian عقب‌نشینی دموکراتیک
fr	French Érosion démocratique
he	Hebrew שחיקה דמוקרטית
id	Indonesian Kemunduran demokrasi
ja	Japanese 民主主義の後退
ka	Georgian დემოკრატიული დაღმასვლა
ko	Korean 민주주의 후퇴
ms	Malay Kemerosotan demokrasi
nl	Dutch Democratische erosie
no	Norwegian Demokratisk erosjon
pt	Portuguese Colapso democrático
ro	Romanian Erodarea democrației
simple	Simple English Democratic backsliding
sr	Serbian Демократско назадовање
sv	Swedish Autokratisering
tr	Turkish Demokratik gerileme
zh	Chinese 民主倒退

Best Rank

Simple English: #56554 04.2026

Global: #59682 03.2022

Best Rank

Simple English: #501 06.2026

Global: #8570 01.2021

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