Kuwait vs Libya: Democracy
Kuwait
0
in 2025
Libya
0
in 2025
Kuwait rank
146th
Libya rank
146th
Democracy over time
- Kuwait
- Libya
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0 against 0 in Libya, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 83 shared years of data; in 1934 it was Libya ahead.
Kuwait ranks 146th and Libya ranks 146th of 175 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1.9 | 1 | 0.9 | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.1667 | 0 | 0.1667 | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Kuwait or Libya?
- Kuwait, at 0 against 0 in Libya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Kuwait and Libya?
- 0, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Libya?
- 83 years are reported by both, from 1934 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Libya rank globally for democracy?
- Kuwait ranks 146th and Libya ranks 146th 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).