Lithuania vs Uruguay: Democracy
Lithuania
8
in 2025
Uruguay
8
in 2025
Lithuania rank
23rd
Uruguay rank
23rd
Democracy over time
- Lithuania
- Uruguay
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 8 against 8 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.
Lithuania ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 23rd of 176 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lithuania | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | Uruguay |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Uruguay |
| 1850s | 0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Uruguay |
| 1860s | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | Uruguay |
| 1870s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Uruguay |
| 1880s | 0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Uruguay |
| 1890s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Uruguay |
| 1900s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 0.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 4.2 | 5.2 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 7.6 | 9 | 1.4 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 8.7 | 9 | 0.3 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 8.1 | 9 | 0.9 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 7.17 | 8.5 | 1.33 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Lithuania or Uruguay?
- Lithuania, at 8 against 8 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Lithuania and Uruguay?
- 0, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and Uruguay?
- 201 years are reported by both, from 1825 to 2025.
- How do Lithuania and Uruguay rank globally for democracy?
- Lithuania ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 23rd 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.