Colombia vs Guatemala: Democracy
Colombia
6
in 2025
Guatemala
6
in 2025
Colombia rank
42nd
Guatemala rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Colombia
- Guatemala
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 6 against 6 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 48 times across 212 shared years of data; in 1810 it was Guatemala ahead.
Colombia ranks 42nd and Guatemala ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Across the 22 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 16 and Guatemala in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 2.67 | 0 | 2.67 | Colombia |
| 1830s | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | Colombia |
| 1840s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Colombia |
| 1850s | 3 | 1 | 2 | Colombia |
| 1860s | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | Colombia |
| 1870s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Colombia |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Guatemala |
| 1890s | 0.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 | Guatemala |
| 1900s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Guatemala |
| 1910s | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | Colombia |
| 1920s | 3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | Colombia |
| 1930s | 3 | 1.1 | 1.9 | Colombia |
| 1940s | 3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Colombia |
| 1950s | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Colombia |
| 1970s | 3.3 | 2.6 | 0.7 | Colombia |
| 1980s | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Colombia |
| 1990s | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Colombia |
| 2000s | 5.4 | 5.3 | 0.1 | Colombia |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 6 | 5.5 | 0.5 | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Colombia or Guatemala?
- Colombia, at 6 against 6 in Guatemala as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Colombia and Guatemala?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Guatemala?
- 212 years are reported by both, from 1810 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Guatemala rank globally for democracy?
- Colombia ranks 42nd and Guatemala 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.