Congo vs El Salvador: Democracy
Congo
3
in 2025
El Salvador
3
in 2025
Congo rank
94th
El Salvador rank
94th
Democracy over time
- Congo
- El Salvador
How they compare
Congo currently reports 3 against 3 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1903 it was El Salvador ahead.
Congo ranks 94th and El Salvador ranks 94th of 176 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 1.29 | 1.29 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0 | 2 | 2 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0 | 1.67 | 1.67 | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2.4 | 5.1 | 2.7 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 3 | 6 | 3 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 3 | 3.33 | 0.3333 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Congo or El Salvador?
- Congo, at 3 against 3 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Congo and El Salvador?
- 0, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and El Salvador?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Congo and El Salvador rank globally for democracy?
- Congo ranks 94th and El Salvador ranks 94th 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.