A majority of the countries in South America are ranked as electoral democracies, where free and fair multi-party elections exist, but there is a lack of equality before the law and and individual and minority rights. Uruguay and Chile were classified as liberal democracies, whereas Venezuela was ranked as an electoral autocracy.
Number of countries in South America from 1990 to 2022, by regime type
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