Eswatini vs Gambia: Institutionalized autocracy
Institutionalized autocracy over time
- Eswatini
- Gambia
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 9 against 5 in Gambia, a difference of 4.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.8 times Gambia's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, Eswatini has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 1st and Gambia ranks 3rd of 51 countries.
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About this data
Democracy is conceived as three essential, interdependent elements. One is the presence of institutions and procedures through which citizens can express effective preferences about alternative policies and leaders. Second is the existence of institutionalized constraints on the exercise of power by the executive. Third is the guarantee of civil liberties to all citizens in their daily lives and in acts of political participation. Other aspects of plural democracy, such as the rule of law, systems of checks and balances, freedom of the press, and so on are means to, or specific manifestations of, these general principles. We do not include coded data on civil liberties.