The GSoD 2023 report - published in November 2023 - stated that India persists at the mid-range level on the criteria of "representation" with a "statistically significant five-year decline" as well as similar declines on parameters such as "credible elections and free political parties". The report has clubbed India with Afghanistan, Cambodia and the Philippines in Asia, as countries that saw a decline in "credible election scores" over five years, while it said that Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand saw improvement over the same time span.