Equatorial Guinea vs Ethiopia: Democracy
Equatorial Guinea
3
in 2025
Ethiopia
3
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea rank
94th
Ethiopia rank
94th
Democracy over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 3 against 3 in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 119 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 94th and Ethiopia ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Ethiopia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2.7 | 3 | 0.3 | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 2.67 | 3 | 0.3333 | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Equatorial Guinea or Ethiopia?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 3 against 3 in Ethiopia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia?
- 0, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia?
- 119 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia rank globally for democracy?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 94th and Ethiopia 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.