Kenya vs Uruguay: Democracy
Kenya
4
in 2025
Uruguay
4
in 2025
Kenya rank
17th
Uruguay rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Kenya
- Uruguay
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 4 against 4 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.
Kenya ranks 17th and Uruguay ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 1 | 3.8 | 2.8 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 1 | 2.7 | 1.7 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 1 | 4.8 | 3.8 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 1.4 | 4 | 2.6 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.7 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 1 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 2 | 4.6 | 2.6 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.4 | 4 | 2.6 | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 2.7 | 4 | 1.3 | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 3 | 4 | 1 | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Kenya or Uruguay?
- Kenya, at 4 against 4 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Kenya and Uruguay?
- 0, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Uruguay?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Uruguay rank globally for democracy?
- Kenya ranks 17th and Uruguay 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).