Chile vs France: Democracy
Chile
8
in 2025
France
8
in 2025
Chile rank
23rd
France rank
23rd
Democracy over time
- Chile
- France
How they compare
Chile currently reports 8 against 8 in France, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 234 shared years of data; in 1789 it was France ahead.
Chile ranks 23rd and France ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 7 and France in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | France |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Chile |
| 1820s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Chile |
| 1830s | 2.4 | 0 | 2.4 | Chile |
| 1840s | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 | Chile |
| 1850s | 3 | 0.4 | 2.6 | Chile |
| 1860s | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | Chile |
| 1870s | 2.7 | 4.4 | 1.7 | France |
| 1880s | 3 | 6 | 3 | France |
| 1890s | 2.5 | 5.9 | 3.4 | France |
| 1900s | 3 | 6 | 3 | France |
| 1910s | 3 | 5.4 | 2.4 | France |
| 1920s | 1.5 | 6 | 4.5 | France |
| 1930s | 2.67 | 6 | 3.33 | France |
| 1940s | 3 | 2.4 | 0.6 | Chile |
| 1950s | 3.2 | 8 | 4.8 | France |
| 1960s | 5.7 | 8 | 2.3 | France |
| 1970s | 1.8 | 8 | 6.2 | France |
| 1980s | 0 | 8 | 8 | France |
| 1990s | 7.4 | 8.8 | 1.4 | France |
| 2000s | 8 | 9 | 1 | France |
| 2010s | 7.9 | 9 | 1.1 | France |
| 2020s | 7.83 | 8.17 | 0.3333 | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Chile or France?
- Chile, at 8 against 8 in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Chile and France?
- 0, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and France?
- 234 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Chile and France rank globally for democracy?
- Chile 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
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.