Cuba vs Myanmar: Political civil liberties index
Cuba
0.037
in 2025
Myanmar
0.058
in 2025
Cuba rank
170th
Myanmar rank
167th
Political civil liberties index over time
- Cuba
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 0.058 against 0.037 in Cuba, a difference of 0.021.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.6 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Cuba ahead.
Cuba ranks 170th and Myanmar ranks 167th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 13 and Myanmar in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.01 | Cuba |
| 1790s | 0.17 | 0.126 | 0.044 | Cuba |
| 1800s | 0.17 | 0.126 | 0.044 | Cuba |
| 1810s | 0.1652 | 0.126 | 0.0392 | Cuba |
| 1820s | 0.167 | 0.126 | 0.041 | Cuba |
| 1830s | 0.167 | 0.1335 | 0.0335 | Cuba |
| 1840s | 0.1631 | 0.151 | 0.0121 | Cuba |
| 1850s | 0.168 | 0.151 | 0.017 | Cuba |
| 1860s | 0.1658 | 0.1726 | 0.0068 | Myanmar |
| 1870s | 0.159 | 0.3075 | 0.1485 | Myanmar |
| 1880s | 0.169 | 0.3826 | 0.2136 | Myanmar |
| 1890s | 0.3066 | 0.412 | 0.1054 | Myanmar |
| 1900s | 0.7367 | 0.417 | 0.3197 | Cuba |
| 1910s | 0.7299 | 0.417 | 0.3129 | Cuba |
| 1920s | 0.7141 | 0.507 | 0.2071 | Cuba |
| 1930s | 0.6832 | 0.5345 | 0.1487 | Cuba |
| 1940s | 0.816 | 0.4945 | 0.3215 | Cuba |
| 1950s | 0.6105 | 0.6596 | 0.0491 | Myanmar |
| 1960s | 0.0273 | 0.1732 | 0.1459 | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 0.0231 | 0.0386 | 0.0155 | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 0.0294 | 0.0565 | 0.0271 | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 0.033 | 0.104 | 0.071 | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 0.0347 | 0.1057 | 0.071 | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 0.0435 | 0.5268 | 0.4833 | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 0.0412 | 0.1683 | 0.1272 | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher political civil liberties index, Cuba or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 0.058 against 0.037 in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in political civil liberties index between Cuba and Myanmar?
- 0.021, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Myanmar?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Cuba and Myanmar rank globally for political civil liberties index?
- Cuba ranks 170th and Myanmar ranks 167th 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.