Namibia vs Suriname: Democracy
Namibia
4
in 2025
Suriname
4
in 2025
Namibia rank
17th
Suriname rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Namibia
- Suriname
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 4 against 4 in Suriname, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Suriname ahead.
Namibia ranks 17th and Suriname ranks 17th of 172 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and Suriname in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | Suriname |
| 1950s | 1 | 3.1 | 2.1 | Suriname |
| 1960s | 1 | 4 | 3 | Suriname |
| 1970s | 1 | 4 | 3 | Suriname |
| 1980s | 2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Namibia |
| 1990s | 4.6 | 4.1 | 0.5 | Namibia |
| 2000s | 4 | 4.1 | 0.1 | Suriname |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Namibia or Suriname?
- Namibia, at 4 against 4 in Suriname as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Namibia and Suriname?
- 0, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Suriname?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and Suriname rank globally for democracy?
- Namibia ranks 17th and Suriname ranks 17th of 172 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).