Guyana vs Sri Lanka: Meaningful democratic electoral institutions

Guyana
1
in 2025
Sri Lanka
1
in 2025
Guyana rank
1st
Sri Lanka rank
1st

Meaningful democratic electoral institutions over time

  • Guyana
  • Sri Lanka
00.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 1 against 1 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Guyana ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Meaningful democratic electoral institutions
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,649 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of whether the country is meaningfully an electoral democracy. This includes the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair elections, and freedoms of association and expression are guaranteed.