Somalia vs Tunisia: Institutionalized democracy

Somalia
-77
in 2011
Tunisia
-88
in 2011
Somalia rank
49th
Tunisia rank
51st

Institutionalized democracy over time

  • Somalia
  • Tunisia
-80-60-40-200196019852011

How they compare

Somalia currently reports -77 against -88 in Tunisia, a difference of 11.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 49th and Tunisia ranks 51st 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.