Afghanistan vs Burkina Faso: Democracy
Afghanistan
0
in 2025
Burkina Faso
0
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
146th
Burkina Faso rank
146th
Democracy over time
- Afghanistan
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 0 against 0 in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 92 shared years of data; in 1919 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 146th and Burkina Faso ranks 146th of 175 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Burkina Faso in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 1.6 | 4 | 2.4 | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 1 | 3.4 | 2.4 | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 0.1667 | 1 | 0.8333 | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Afghanistan or Burkina Faso?
- Afghanistan, at 0 against 0 in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Afghanistan and Burkina Faso?
- 0, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Burkina Faso?
- 92 years are reported by both, from 1919 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Burkina Faso rank globally for democracy?
- Afghanistan ranks 146th and Burkina Faso ranks 146th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Episodes of Regime Transformation (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 classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).