Annual Democracy Metrics: 2021

In this issue, we highlight the latest metrics for measuring trends in the DRG sector and summarize annual reports from several prominent public policy organizations. These metrics capture global, regional, and country trends in democracy and governance over time. Policymakers, advocacy groups, and media rely upon these data sources to frame their positions on key DRG issues. USAID and the State Department use some of these as standard indicators.

This edition of the DRG Learning Digest examines the following topics:

• Democracy under threat
• Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Mastering metrics