Equatorial Guinea vs Gabon: Democracy

Equatorial Guinea
3
in 2025
Gabon
3
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea rank
94th
Gabon rank
94th

Democracy over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
0123190019622025

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 3 against 3 in Gabon, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 109 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Gabon ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 94th and Gabon ranks 94th of 176 countries.

Across the 12 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Gabon in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Gabon Difference Ahead
1910s 0 0 0
1920s 0 0 0
1930s 0 0 0
1940s 0 0 0
1950s 0 0 0
1960s 0.6 1.2 0.6 Gabon
1970s 2 1 1 Equatorial Guinea
1980s 0 1 1 Gabon
1990s 1.8 2.8 1 Gabon
2000s 3 3 0
2010s 2.7 3 0.3 Gabon
2020s 2.67 2 0.6667 Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Equatorial Guinea or Gabon?
Equatorial Guinea, at 3 against 3 in Gabon as of 2025.
What is the difference in democracy between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?
0, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?
109 years are reported by both, from 1910 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Gabon rank globally for democracy?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 94th and Gabon 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

Indicator
Democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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.