Czechia vs Estonia: Democracy
Czechia
9
in 2025
Estonia
9
in 2025
Czechia rank
1st
Estonia rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Czechia
- Estonia
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 9 against 9 in Estonia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Estonia ahead.
Czechia ranks 1st and Estonia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 3 and Estonia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | Estonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Estonia |
| 1920s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 6.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | Czechia |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Czechia |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 9 | 6.6 | 2.4 | Czechia |
| 2000s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 8.6 | 9 | 0.4 | Estonia |
| 2020s | 8 | 9 | 1 | Estonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Czechia or Estonia?
- Czechia, at 9 against 9 in Estonia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Czechia and Estonia?
- 0, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Estonia?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Czechia and Estonia rank globally for democracy?
- Czechia ranks 1st and Estonia ranks 1st 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.