Germany vs Lithuania: Democracy
Germany
4
in 2025
Lithuania
4
in 2025
Germany rank
17th
Lithuania rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Germany
- Lithuania
How they compare
Germany currently reports 4 against 4 in Lithuania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Lithuania ahead.
Germany ranks 17th and Lithuania ranks 17th of 172 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Lithuania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 3 | 1 | 2 | Germany |
| 1920s | 4 | 2.17 | 1.83 | Germany |
| 1930s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 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, Germany or Lithuania?
- Germany, at 4 against 4 in Lithuania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Germany and Lithuania?
- 0, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Lithuania?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1918 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Lithuania rank globally for democracy?
- Germany ranks 17th and Lithuania ranks 17th of 172 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).