Tunisia vs Turkey: Democracy
Tunisia
3
in 2025
Turkey
3
in 2025
Tunisia rank
94th
Turkey rank
94th
Democracy over time
- Tunisia
- Turkey
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 3 against 3 in Turkey, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Turkey ahead.
Tunisia ranks 94th and Turkey ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Tunisia averaged higher in 3 and Turkey in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tunisia | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Turkey |
| 1940s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Turkey |
| 1950s | 0.3 | 3 | 2.7 | Turkey |
| 1960s | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | Tunisia |
| 1970s | 3 | 4.8 | 1.8 | Turkey |
| 1980s | 2.4 | 2.6 | 0.2 | Turkey |
| 1990s | 3 | 5.1 | 2.1 | Turkey |
| 2000s | 3 | 5.8 | 2.8 | Turkey |
| 2010s | 5.4 | 3.7 | 1.7 | Tunisia |
| 2020s | 4 | 3 | 1 | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Tunisia or Turkey?
- Tunisia, at 3 against 3 in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Tunisia and Turkey?
- 0, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tunisia and Turkey?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Tunisia and Turkey rank globally for democracy?
- Tunisia ranks 94th and Turkey ranks 94th 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.