Sierra Leone vs Zambia: Democracy
Sierra Leone
4
in 2025
Zambia
4
in 2025
Sierra Leone rank
87th
Zambia rank
87th
Democracy over time
- Sierra Leone
- Zambia
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 4 against 4 in Zambia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 115 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Zambia ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 87th and Zambia ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2.1 | 3 | 0.9 | Zambia |
| 1980s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | Zambia |
| 2000s | 3.8 | 4.3 | 0.5 | Zambia |
| 2010s | 5 | 3.9 | 1.1 | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 4.5 | 4.17 | 0.3333 | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Sierra Leone or Zambia?
- Sierra Leone, at 4 against 4 in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Sierra Leone and Zambia?
- 0, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zambia?
- 115 years are reported by both, from 1911 to 2025.
- How do Sierra Leone and Zambia rank globally for democracy?
- Sierra Leone ranks 87th and Zambia ranks 87th 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.