Sao Tome and Principe vs Solomon Islands: Democracy
Sao Tome and Principe
6
in 2025
Solomon Islands
6
in 2025
Sao Tome and Principe rank
42nd
Solomon Islands rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 6 against 6 in Solomon Islands, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Solomon Islands ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 42nd and Solomon Islands ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Sao Tome and Principe averaged higher in 2 and Solomon Islands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | Solomon Islands |
| 1980s | 0 | 5 | 5 | Solomon Islands |
| 1990s | 5.3 | 5 | 0.3 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 6 | 4.7 | 1.3 | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Sao Tome and Principe or Solomon Islands?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 6 against 6 in Solomon Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands?
- 0, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Solomon Islands rank globally for democracy?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 42nd and Solomon Islands 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.