Argentina vs Panama: Democracy
Argentina
6
in 2025
Panama
6
in 2025
Argentina rank
42nd
Panama rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Argentina
- Panama
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 6 against 6 in Panama, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 42nd and Panama ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3 | 2.57 | 0.4286 | Argentina |
| 1910s | 3.3 | 3 | 0.3 | Argentina |
| 1920s | 4 | 3 | 1 | Argentina |
| 1930s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.1 | Argentina |
| 1960s | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.3 | Argentina |
| 1970s | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | Argentina |
| 1980s | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.4 | Argentina |
| 1990s | 6.1 | 5.7 | 0.4 | Argentina |
| 2000s | 6.2 | 6 | 0.2 | Argentina |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Argentina or Panama?
- Argentina, at 6 against 6 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Argentina and Panama?
- 0, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Panama?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Argentina and Panama rank globally for democracy?
- Argentina ranks 42nd and Panama ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.