Comoros vs Sierra Leone: Institutionalized democracy

Comoros
9
in 2011
Sierra Leone
8
in 2011
Comoros rank
3rd
Sierra Leone rank
5th

Institutionalized democracy over time

  • Comoros
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Comoros currently reports 9 against 8 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.

That makes Comoros's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 3rd and Sierra Leone ranks 5th 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.