More Democratic Countries Bordering Less Democratic Countries

Can you name the countries that share land borders and have the highest difference in the 2020 Democracy Index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_index

Index: Between 10 (most democratic) and 0 (least democratic).

No data: Belize, Brunei, Kosovo, Somalia, South Sudan and European micro states (Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City).

Also no data: Some small island nations (but they don't have land borders anyway).

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Difference		More democratic		Less democratic
	6.93	South Korea	8.01	North Korea	1.08
	6.50	Norway	9.81	Russia	3.31
	6.41	Israel	7.84	Syria	1.43
	5.89	Finland	9.20	Russia	3.31
	4.91	Israel	7.84	Egypt	2.93
	4.65	Latvia	7.24	Belarus	2.59
	4.64	Tunisia	6.59	Libya	1.95
	4.56	Costa Rica	8.16	Nicaragua	3.60
	4.54	Lithuania	7.13	Belarus	2.59
	4.53	Estonia	7.84	Russia	3.31
	4.46	Botswana	7.62	Zimbabwe	3.16
	4.34	India	6.61	China	2.27
	4.28	Colombia	7.04	Venezuela	2.76
	4.27	Thailand	6.04	Laos	1.77
	4.26	Poland	6.85	Belarus	2.59

Difference		More democratic		Less democratic
	4.22	Israel	7.84	Jordan	3.62
	4.21	Mongolia	6.48	China	2.27
	4.16	Brazil	6.92	Venezuela	2.76
	3.97	Tanzania	5.10	D. R. Congo	1.13
	3.97	South Africa	7.05	Eswatini	3.08
	3.93	Latvia	7.24	Russia	3.31
	3.89	South Africa	7.05	Zimbabwe	3.16
	3.82	Lithuania	7.13	Russia	3.31
	3.81	Uganda	4.94	D. R. Congo	1.13
	3.73	Zambia	4.86	D. R. Congo	1.13
	3.70	Ghana	6.50	Togo	2.80
	3.68	Israel	7.84	Lebanon	4.16
	3.57	India	6.61	Myanmar	3.04
	3.54	Poland	6.85	Russia	3.31
	3.44	Bhutan	5.71	China	2.27