Panama vs East Timor: Democracy
Panama
6
in 2025
East Timor
6
in 2025
Panama rank
42nd
East Timor rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Panama
- East Timor
How they compare
Panama currently reports 6 against 6 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was East Timor ahead.
Panama ranks 42nd and East Timor ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2.57 | 0 | 2.57 | Panama |
| 1910s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Panama |
| 1920s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Panama |
| 1930s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Panama |
| 1940s | 2.4 | 0 | 2.4 | Panama |
| 1950s | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | Panama |
| 1960s | 2.4 | 0 | 2.4 | Panama |
| 1970s | 1.4 | 0 | 1.4 | Panama |
| 1980s | 2.1 | 0 | 2.1 | Panama |
| 1990s | 5.7 | 0 | 5.7 | Panama |
| 2000s | 6 | 4.9 | 1.1 | Panama |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Panama or East Timor?
- Panama, at 6 against 6 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Panama and East Timor?
- 0, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and East Timor?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Panama and East Timor rank globally for democracy?
- Panama ranks 42nd and East Timor 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.