North Korea vs Sierra Leone: Democracy
North Korea
1
in 2025
Sierra Leone
1
in 2025
North Korea rank
90th
Sierra Leone rank
90th
Democracy over time
- North Korea
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 1 against 1 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 81 shared years of data; in 1945 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
North Korea ranks 90th and Sierra Leone ranks 90th of 175 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | Sierra Leone |
| 1960s | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 1 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 1 | 4 | 3 | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 1 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, North Korea or Sierra Leone?
- North Korea, at 1 against 1 in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between North Korea and Sierra Leone?
- 0, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Sierra Leone?
- 81 years are reported by both, from 1945 to 2025.
- How do North Korea and Sierra Leone rank globally for democracy?
- North Korea ranks 90th and Sierra Leone 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.
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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).