Bulgaria vs Chile: Democracy
Bulgaria
4
in 2025
Chile
4
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
17th
Chile rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Chile
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 4 against 4 in Chile, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Chile ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 17th and Chile ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Chile in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Chile | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.9 | Chile |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Chile |
| 1960s | 1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Chile |
| 1970s | 1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | Chile |
| 1980s | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | Chile |
| 1990s | 5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 4.3 | 4 | 0.3 | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bulgaria or Chile?
- Bulgaria, at 4 against 4 in Chile as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bulgaria and Chile?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Chile?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Chile rank globally for democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 17th and Chile 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).