North Korea vs Singapore: Democracy
North Korea
1
in 2025
Singapore
1
in 2025
North Korea rank
90th
Singapore rank
90th
Democracy over time
- North Korea
- Singapore
How they compare
North Korea currently reports 1 against 1 in Singapore, a difference of 0.
Across all 81 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
North Korea ranks 90th and Singapore ranks 90th of 175 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | Singapore |
| 1950s | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Singapore |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, North Korea or Singapore?
- North Korea, at 1 against 1 in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between North Korea and Singapore?
- 0, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Singapore?
- 81 years are reported by both, from 1945 to 2025.
- How do North Korea and Singapore rank globally for democracy?
- North Korea ranks 90th and Singapore 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).