China vs Cuba: Democracy
China
1
in 2025
Cuba
1
in 2025
China rank
90th
Cuba rank
90th
Democracy over time
- China
- Cuba
How they compare
China currently reports 1 against 1 in Cuba, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Cuba ahead.
China ranks 90th and Cuba ranks 90th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Cuba in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | China |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | China |
| 1940s | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | Cuba |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | China |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | China |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, China or Cuba?
- China, at 1 against 1 in Cuba as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between China and Cuba?
- 0, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Cuba?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do China and Cuba rank globally for democracy?
- China ranks 90th and Cuba ranks 90th 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.
Individual pages
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).