Bhutan vs Panama: Democracy
Bhutan
4
in 2025
Panama
4
in 2025
Bhutan rank
17th
Panama rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Bhutan
- Panama
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 4 against 4 in Panama, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Panama ahead.
Bhutan ranks 17th and Panama ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Panama in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1.29 | 0.2857 | Panama |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Panama |
| 1950s | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | Panama |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Bhutan |
| 1970s | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | Panama |
| 1980s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Panama |
| 1990s | 1 | 4 | 3 | Panama |
| 2000s | 1.6 | 4 | 2.4 | Panama |
| 2010s | 4.1 | 4 | 0.1 | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bhutan or Panama?
- Bhutan, at 4 against 4 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bhutan and Panama?
- 0, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Panama?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Panama rank globally for democracy?
- Bhutan ranks 17th and Panama 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).