Gabon vs Zimbabwe: Democracy
Gabon
3
in 2025
Zimbabwe
3
in 2025
Gabon rank
94th
Zimbabwe rank
94th
Democracy over time
- Gabon
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 3 against 3 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 116 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Gabon ranks 94th and Zimbabwe ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Zimbabwe |
| 1930s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Zimbabwe |
| 1940s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Zimbabwe |
| 1950s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 1.2 | 3 | 1.8 | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 1 | 2.7 | 1.7 | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 1 | 3 | 2 | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 2.8 | 3 | 0.2 | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 3 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Gabon or Zimbabwe?
- Gabon, at 3 against 3 in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Gabon and Zimbabwe?
- 0, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Zimbabwe?
- 116 years are reported by both, from 1910 to 2025.
- How do Gabon and Zimbabwe rank globally for democracy?
- Gabon ranks 94th and Zimbabwe 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.