Liberia vs New Zealand: Democracy
Liberia
4
in 2025
New Zealand
4
in 2025
Liberia rank
17th
New Zealand rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Liberia
- New Zealand
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 4 against 4 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was New Zealand ahead.
Liberia ranks 17th and New Zealand ranks 17th of 175 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1910s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1940s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1 | 4 | 3 | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 1.2 | 4 | 2.8 | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 2.3 | 4 | 1.7 | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Liberia or New Zealand?
- Liberia, at 4 against 4 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Liberia and New Zealand?
- 0, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and New Zealand?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and New Zealand rank globally for democracy?
- Liberia ranks 17th and New Zealand 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).