Cape Verde vs Comoros: Institutionalized democracy

Cape Verde
10
in 2011
Comoros
9
in 2011
Cape Verde rank
1st
Comoros rank
3rd

Institutionalized democracy over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Comoros
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How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 10 against 9 in Comoros, a difference of 1.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Comoros's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Comoros ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 1st and Comoros ranks 3rd 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
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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.