Germany vs Taiwan: Democracy
Germany
9
in 2025
Taiwan
9
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
Taiwan rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Germany
- Taiwan
How they compare
Germany currently reports 9 against 9 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 186 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Taiwan ahead.
Germany ranks 1st and Taiwan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Taiwan | 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 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Germany |
| 1920s | 7 | 0 | 7 | Germany |
| 1930s | 2.2 | 0 | 2.2 | Germany |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 9 | 2.56 | 6.44 | Germany |
| 2000s | 9 | 8.9 | 0.1 | Germany |
| 2010s | 9 | 8.5 | 0.5 | Germany |
| 2020s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Germany or Taiwan?
- Germany, at 9 against 9 in Taiwan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Germany and Taiwan?
- 0, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Taiwan?
- 186 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Taiwan rank globally for democracy?
- Germany ranks 1st and Taiwan 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.