New Delhi, Nov 23 (TIWN) The United States was added to a list of "backsliding democracies" in a report by the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in a first for the self-described leader of the free world, The Washington Post reported.

The US has joined an annual list of "backsliding" democracies for the first time, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) said on Monday. A report released by the Stockholm-based intergovernmental organisation claimed more than one in four people live in a backsliding democracy. The pandemic has led to a surge in authoritarian behaviour by governments, it added.