Bulgaria vs Cape Verde: Democracy
Bulgaria
6
in 2025
Cape Verde
6
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
42nd
Cape Verde rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 6 against 6 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 42nd and Cape Verde ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Cape Verde in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 6 | 6.6 | 0.6 | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 6 | 7 | 1 | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 6 | 6.8 | 0.8 | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bulgaria or Cape Verde?
- Bulgaria, at 6 against 6 in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bulgaria and Cape Verde?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Cape Verde?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Cape Verde rank globally for democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 42nd and Cape Verde 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.