Nepal vs Portugal: Democracy
Nepal
6
in 2025
Portugal
6
in 2025
Nepal rank
42nd
Portugal rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Nepal
- Portugal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 6 against 6 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Nepal ranks 42nd and Portugal ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Portugal | 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 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Portugal |
| 1920s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Portugal |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Portugal |
| 1950s | 0.3 | 2 | 1.7 | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0 | 9 | 9 | Portugal |
| 1990s | 2.7 | 9 | 6.3 | Portugal |
| 2000s | 1.5 | 9 | 7.5 | Portugal |
| 2010s | 5.2 | 9 | 3.8 | Portugal |
| 2020s | 6 | 7.5 | 1.5 | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Nepal or Portugal?
- Nepal, at 6 against 6 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Nepal and Portugal?
- 0, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Portugal?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Nepal and Portugal rank globally for democracy?
- Nepal ranks 42nd and Portugal ranks 42nd 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.