Burkina Faso vs Morocco: Institutionalized democracy

Burkina Faso
2
in 2011
Morocco
1
in 2011
Burkina Faso rank
31st
Morocco rank
34th

Institutionalized democracy over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Morocco
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 2 against 1 in Morocco, a difference of 1.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 2.0 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Morocco ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 31st and Morocco ranks 34th of 51 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Institutionalized democracy
Source
Center for Systemic Peace, www.systemicpeace.org/polity/polity4.htm
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 2,427 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

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.