Bhutan vs Fiji: Democracy
Bhutan
5
in 2025
Fiji
5
in 2025
Bhutan rank
74th
Fiji rank
74th
Democracy over time
- Bhutan
- Fiji
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 5 against 5 in Fiji, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Fiji ahead.
Bhutan ranks 74th and Fiji ranks 74th of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Fiji in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Fiji | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Fiji |
| 1970s | 0 | 5.4 | 5.4 | Fiji |
| 1980s | 0 | 4 | 4 | Fiji |
| 1990s | 0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Fiji |
| 2000s | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | Fiji |
| 2010s | 7.1 | 1.8 | 5.3 | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 7.17 | 4 | 3.17 | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bhutan or Fiji?
- Bhutan, at 5 against 5 in Fiji as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bhutan and Fiji?
- 0, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Fiji?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Fiji rank globally for democracy?
- Bhutan ranks 74th and Fiji ranks 74th 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.