Barbados vs Uruguay: Democracy
Barbados
8
in 2025
Uruguay
8
in 2025
Barbados rank
23rd
Uruguay rank
23rd
Democracy over time
- Barbados
- Uruguay
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 8 against 8 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.
Barbados ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 2.2 | 7 | 4.8 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 6 | 6.8 | 0.8 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 7 | 1.8 | 5.2 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 7 | 4.4 | 2.6 | Barbados |
| 1990s | 7 | 9 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 7 | 9 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 7 | 9 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 8 | 8.5 | 0.5 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Barbados or Uruguay?
- Barbados, at 8 against 8 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Barbados and Uruguay?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Uruguay?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Uruguay rank globally for democracy?
- Barbados ranks 23rd and Uruguay 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
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.