Azerbaijan vs Russia: Democracy
Azerbaijan
3
in 2025
Russia
3
in 2025
Azerbaijan rank
94th
Russia rank
94th
Democracy over time
- Azerbaijan
- Russia
How they compare
Azerbaijan currently reports 3 against 3 in Russia, a difference of 0.
Across all 213 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.
Azerbaijan ranks 94th and Russia ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Russia has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Russia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2.7 | 3.5 | 0.8 | Russia |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Azerbaijan or Russia?
- Azerbaijan, at 3 against 3 in Russia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Azerbaijan and Russia?
- 0, with Azerbaijan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Russia?
- 213 years are reported by both, from 1813 to 2025.
- How do Azerbaijan and Russia rank globally for democracy?
- Azerbaijan ranks 94th and Russia ranks 94th 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.