Polity IV

The Polity IV scale is a yearly assessment that assesses most sovereign states with a population above 500,000. They are split into five categories: full democracies, democracies, open anocracies, closed anocracies, and autocracies.
Status by country:
Full Democracies (Score of 10):
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
Democracies (Score of 9 to 6):
Mexico (8 points)
Brazil (8 points)
France (9 points)
Turkey (9 points)
India (9 points)
Open anocracies (Score of 5 to 1):
Venezuela (4 points)
Nigeria (5 points)
Russia (4 points)
Closed anocracies (Score of -1 to -5):
Morocco (-3 points)
Egypt (-3 points)
Afghanistan (-1 point)
Autocracies (Score of -6 to -10):
Cuba (-7 points)
Syria (-9 points)
Iran (-7 points)
China (-7 points)
North Korea (-10 points)