Niger vs Turkmenistan: Democracy
Niger
0
in 2025
Turkmenistan
2
in 2025
Niger rank
142nd
Turkmenistan rank
139th
Democracy over time
- Niger
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 2 against 0 in Niger, a difference of 2.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Niger ranks 142nd and Turkmenistan ranks 139th of 176 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Niger | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Niger |
| 1970s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Niger |
| 1980s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Niger |
| 1990s | 3.6 | 0.2 | 3.4 | Niger |
| 2000s | 5.2 | 0.2 | 5 | Niger |
| 2010s | 5.3 | 0.7 | 4.6 | Niger |
| 2020s | 2.5 | 1.67 | 0.8333 | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Niger or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 2 against 0 in Niger as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Niger and Turkmenistan?
- 2, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Turkmenistan?
- 104 years are reported by both, from 1922 to 2025.
- How do Niger and Turkmenistan rank globally for democracy?
- Niger ranks 142nd and Turkmenistan ranks 139th 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.
Individual pages
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.