Panama vs Poland: Democracy
Panama
6
in 2025
Poland
6
in 2025
Panama rank
42nd
Poland rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Panama
- Poland
How they compare
Panama currently reports 6 against 6 in Poland, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 42nd and Poland ranks 42nd of 176 regions.
Across the 12 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 6 and Poland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Panama |
| 1920s | 3 | 5.3 | 2.3 | Poland |
| 1930s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Panama |
| 1950s | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Panama |
| 1960s | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | Panama |
| 1970s | 1.4 | 0 | 1.4 | Panama |
| 1980s | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.8 | Panama |
| 1990s | 5.7 | 7.7 | 2 | Poland |
| 2000s | 6 | 8.2 | 2.2 | Poland |
| 2010s | 6 | 7.5 | 1.5 | Poland |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Panama or Poland?
- Panama, at 6 against 6 in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Panama and Poland?
- 0, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Poland?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1918 to 2025.
- How do Panama and Poland rank globally for democracy?
- Panama ranks 42nd and Poland ranks 42nd of 176 regions.
- 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.