Cuba vs Turkmenistan: Democracy
Cuba
0
in 2025
Turkmenistan
2
in 2025
Cuba rank
142nd
Turkmenistan rank
139th
Democracy over time
- Cuba
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 2 against 0 in Cuba, a difference of 2.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 130 shared years of data; in 1896 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Cuba ranks 142nd and Turkmenistan ranks 139th of 176 countries.
Across the 14 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 6 and Turkmenistan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | Cuba |
| 1910s | 3 | 0.3 | 2.7 | Cuba |
| 1920s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Cuba |
| 1930s | 2.1 | 0 | 2.1 | Cuba |
| 1940s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Cuba |
| 1950s | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | Cuba |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Turkmenistan |
| 2000s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Turkmenistan |
| 2010s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Turkmenistan |
| 2020s | 0 | 1.67 | 1.67 | Turkmenistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Cuba or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 2 against 0 in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cuba and Turkmenistan?
- 2, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Turkmenistan?
- 130 years are reported by both, from 1896 to 2025.
- How do Cuba and Turkmenistan rank globally for democracy?
- Cuba 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.