Djibouti vs Madagascar: Institutionalized democracy

Djibouti
3
in 2011
Madagascar
4
in 2011
Djibouti rank
27th
Madagascar rank
24th

Institutionalized democracy over time

  • Djibouti
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 4 against 3 in Djibouti, a difference of 1.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.3 times Djibouti's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Madagascar ahead.

Djibouti ranks 27th and Madagascar ranks 24th 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.