Burkina Faso vs Turkmenistan: Democracy
Burkina Faso
0
in 2025
Turkmenistan
2
in 2025
Burkina Faso rank
142nd
Turkmenistan rank
139th
Democracy over time
- Burkina Faso
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 2 against 0 in Burkina Faso, a difference of 2.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 91 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 142nd and Turkmenistan ranks 139th of 176 countries.
Burkina Faso has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 3.44 | 0.1111 | 3.33 | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 5 | 0.2 | 4.8 | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 5.5 | 0.7 | 4.8 | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 2 | 1.67 | 0.3333 | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Burkina Faso or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 2 against 0 in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Burkina Faso and Turkmenistan?
- 2, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Turkmenistan?
- 91 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Turkmenistan rank globally for democracy?
- Burkina Faso ranks 142nd and Turkmenistan ranks 139th 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.