Sri Lanka vs East Timor: Democracy
Sri Lanka
6
in 2025
East Timor
6
in 2025
Sri Lanka rank
42nd
East Timor rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Sri Lanka
- East Timor
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 6 against 6 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was East Timor ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 42nd and East Timor ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 6 and East Timor in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | Sri Lanka |
| 1950s | 6 | 0 | 6 | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 6 | 0 | 6 | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 5.7 | 0 | 5.7 | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 4.2 | 0 | 4.2 | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 4.5 | 0 | 4.5 | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 3.8 | 4.9 | 1.1 | East Timor |
| 2010s | 4.4 | 6 | 1.6 | East Timor |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Sri Lanka or East Timor?
- Sri Lanka, at 6 against 6 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Sri Lanka and East Timor?
- 0, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and East Timor?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Sri Lanka and East Timor rank globally for democracy?
- Sri Lanka 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.