Panama vs Spain: Democracy
Panama
4
in 2025
Spain
4
in 2025
Panama rank
17th
Spain rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Panama
- Spain
How they compare
Panama currently reports 4 against 4 in Spain, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Spain ahead.
Panama ranks 17th and Spain ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 4 and Spain in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1.29 | 1 | 0.2857 | Panama |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Panama |
| 1930s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Spain |
| 1940s | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | Panama |
| 1950s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Panama |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Spain |
| 1970s | 1.1 | 2 | 0.9 | Spain |
| 1980s | 2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | Spain |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Panama or Spain?
- Panama, at 4 against 4 in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Panama and Spain?
- 0, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Spain?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Panama and Spain rank globally for democracy?
- Panama ranks 17th and Spain 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).