Colombia vs Liberia: Democracy
Colombia
6
in 2025
Liberia
6
in 2025
Colombia rank
42nd
Liberia rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Colombia
- Liberia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 6 against 6 in Liberia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 204 shared years of data; in 1821 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 42nd and Liberia ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 9 and Liberia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Colombia |
| 1830s | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | Colombia |
| 1840s | 3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | Colombia |
| 1850s | 3 | 2.4 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 1860s | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | Liberia |
| 1870s | 1 | 2.7 | 1.7 | Liberia |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 2 | 1.2 | Liberia |
| 1890s | 0.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Liberia |
| 1900s | 0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | Liberia |
| 1910s | 1.8 | 3 | 1.2 | Liberia |
| 1920s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.2 | Liberia |
| 1960s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Colombia |
| 1970s | 3.3 | 0 | 3.3 | Colombia |
| 1980s | 3.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | Colombia |
| 1990s | 5 | 1 | 4 | Colombia |
| 2000s | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.1 | Colombia |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Colombia or Liberia?
- Colombia, at 6 against 6 in Liberia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Colombia and Liberia?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Liberia?
- 204 years are reported by both, from 1821 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Liberia rank globally for democracy?
- Colombia ranks 42nd and Liberia 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.