Ecuador vs Panama: Democracy

Ecuador

in 2025

Panama

in 2025

Ecuador rank

16th

Panama rank

16th

Democracy over time

Ecuador
Panama

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 4 against 4 in Panama, a difference of 0.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.

Ecuador ranks 16th and Panama ranks 16th of 128 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Ecuador
Democracy in Panama
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 128 places, 1,394 data points, 2005–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between hard-line autocracies (score 1), moderate autocracies (score 2), highly defective democracies (score 3), defective democracies (score 4), and consolidating democracies (score 5).