Barbados vs France: Democracy

Barbados
8
in 2025
France
8
in 2025
Barbados rank
23rd
France rank
23rd

Democracy over time

  • Barbados
  • France
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 8 against 8 in France, a difference of 0.

Across all 126 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Barbados ranks 23rd and France ranks 23rd of 176 countries.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados France Difference Ahead
1900s 0 6 6 France
1910s 0 5.4 5.4 France
1920s 0 6 6 France
1930s 0 6 6 France
1940s 0 2.4 2.4 France
1950s 2.2 8 5.8 France
1960s 6 8 2 France
1970s 7 8 1 France
1980s 7 8 1 France
1990s 7 8.8 1.8 France
2000s 7 9 2 France
2010s 7 9 2 France
2020s 8 8.17 0.1667 France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Barbados or France?
Barbados, at 8 against 8 in France as of 2025.
What is the difference in democracy between Barbados and France?
0, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and France?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Barbados and France rank globally for democracy?
Barbados ranks 23rd and France ranks 23rd 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

Indicator
Democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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.