Spain vs Taiwan: Democracy
Spain
9
in 2025
Taiwan
9
in 2025
Spain rank
1st
Taiwan rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Spain
- Taiwan
How they compare
Spain currently reports 9 against 9 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 232 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Taiwan ahead.
Spain ranks 1st and Taiwan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Spain |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Spain |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 3.3 | 0 | 3.3 | Spain |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2.1 | 0 | 2.1 | Spain |
| 1980s | 8.4 | 0 | 8.4 | Spain |
| 1990s | 9 | 2.3 | 6.7 | Spain |
| 2000s | 9 | 8.9 | 0.1 | Spain |
| 2010s | 9 | 8.5 | 0.5 | Spain |
| 2020s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Spain or Taiwan?
- Spain, at 9 against 9 in Taiwan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Spain and Taiwan?
- 0, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Taiwan?
- 232 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Spain and Taiwan rank globally for democracy?
- Spain ranks 1st and Taiwan ranks 1st 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.