Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: Democracy

Kuwait
0
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
0
in 2025
Kuwait rank
142nd
Saudi Arabia rank
142nd

Democracy over time

  • Kuwait
  • Saudi Arabia
0123178919072025

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0 against 0 in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Kuwait ranks 142nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 142nd of 176 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Saudi Arabia 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 0 0
1920s 0 0 0
1930s 0 0 0
1940s 0 0 0
1950s 0 0 0
1960s 1.5 0 1.5 Kuwait
1970s 1.8 0 1.8 Kuwait
1980s 1.5 0 1.5 Kuwait
1990s 2.4 0 2.4 Kuwait
2000s 2.7 0 2.7 Kuwait
2010s 3 0 3 Kuwait
2020s 2.5 0 2.5 Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia?
Kuwait, at 0 against 0 in Saudi Arabia as of 2025.
What is the difference in democracy between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia?
0, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia?
237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Kuwait and Saudi Arabia rank globally for democracy?
Kuwait ranks 142nd and Saudi Arabia ranks 142nd 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.