Bhutan vs Ecuador: Political civil liberties index
Bhutan
0.658
in 2025
Ecuador
0.694
in 2025
Bhutan rank
98th
Ecuador rank
96th
Political civil liberties index over time
- Bhutan
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.694 against 0.658 in Bhutan, a difference of 0.036.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ecuador ahead.
Bhutan ranks 98th and Ecuador ranks 96th of 176 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.137 | 0.6173 | 0.4803 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0.129 | 0.5899 | 0.4609 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0.129 | 0.5349 | 0.4059 | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 0.129 | 0.5025 | 0.3735 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0.1461 | 0.4995 | 0.3534 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 0.2007 | 0.6266 | 0.4259 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 0.2489 | 0.4589 | 0.21 | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.265 | 0.4435 | 0.1785 | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 0.2826 | 0.8487 | 0.5661 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 0.3099 | 0.8736 | 0.5637 | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 0.4611 | 0.8465 | 0.3854 | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 0.6963 | 0.7149 | 0.0186 | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 0.6865 | 0.795 | 0.1085 | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher political civil liberties index, Bhutan or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 0.694 against 0.658 in Bhutan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in political civil liberties index between Bhutan and Ecuador?
- 0.036, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Ecuador?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Ecuador rank globally for political civil liberties index?
- Bhutan ranks 98th and Ecuador ranks 96th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Our World in Data, published as Political civil liberties index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.