Barbados vs Kenya: Democracy
Barbados
4
in 2025
Kenya
4
in 2025
Barbados rank
17th
Kenya rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Barbados
- Kenya
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 4 against 4 in Kenya, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Kenya ahead.
Barbados ranks 17th and Kenya ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | Barbados |
| 1950s | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Barbados |
| 1960s | 5 | 1.6 | 3.4 | Barbados |
| 1970s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Barbados |
| 1990s | 4 | 2 | 2 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 4 | 2.7 | 1.3 | Barbados |
| 2020s | 4 | 3 | 1 | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Barbados or Kenya?
- Barbados, at 4 against 4 in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Barbados and Kenya?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Kenya?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Kenya rank globally for democracy?
- Barbados ranks 17th and Kenya ranks 17th 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).