Ecuador vs Guatemala: Democracy
Ecuador
6
in 2025
Guatemala
6
in 2025
Ecuador rank
42nd
Guatemala rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 6 against 6 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 186 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Guatemala ahead.
Ecuador ranks 42nd and Guatemala ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 11 and Guatemala in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.8571 | 1 | 0.1429 | Guatemala |
| 1860s | 0.75 | 1 | 0.25 | Guatemala |
| 1870s | 0 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | Guatemala |
| 1880s | 0.3333 | 1 | 0.6667 | Guatemala |
| 1890s | 2.33 | 2 | 0.3333 | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.6 | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.3 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0.6667 | 2.56 | 1.89 | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 6 | 1.8 | 4.2 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 6 | 3.4 | 2.6 | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 6 | 5.3 | 0.7 | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 5.5 | 6 | 0.5 | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 6 | 5.5 | 0.5 | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Ecuador or Guatemala?
- Ecuador, at 6 against 6 in Guatemala as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Ecuador and Guatemala?
- 0, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Guatemala?
- 186 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Guatemala rank globally for democracy?
- Ecuador 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.