Barbados vs Latvia: Democracy
Barbados
4
in 2025
Latvia
4
in 2025
Barbados rank
17th
Latvia rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Barbados
- Latvia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 4 against 4 in Latvia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Latvia ahead.
Barbados ranks 17th and Latvia ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Latvia |
| 1930s | 1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | Latvia |
| 1990s | 4 | 4.7 | 0.7 | Latvia |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Barbados or Latvia?
- Barbados, at 4 against 4 in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Barbados and Latvia?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latvia?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Latvia rank globally for democracy?
- Barbados ranks 17th and Latvia 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).