Suriname vs East Timor: Democracy
Suriname
6
in 2025
East Timor
6
in 2025
Suriname rank
42nd
East Timor rank
42nd
Democracy over time
- Suriname
- East Timor
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 6 against 6 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was East Timor ahead.
Suriname ranks 42nd and East Timor ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Suriname | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Suriname |
| 1950s | 4.5 | 0 | 4.5 | Suriname |
| 1960s | 5 | 0 | 5 | Suriname |
| 1970s | 5.2 | 0 | 5.2 | Suriname |
| 1980s | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | Suriname |
| 1990s | 6.5 | 0 | 6.5 | Suriname |
| 2000s | 7 | 4.9 | 2.1 | Suriname |
| 2010s | 6.9 | 6 | 0.9 | Suriname |
| 2020s | 6.33 | 6 | 0.3333 | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Suriname or East Timor?
- Suriname, at 6 against 6 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Suriname and East Timor?
- 0, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and East Timor?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Suriname and East Timor rank globally for democracy?
- Suriname 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.