Paraguay vs South Africa: Democracy
Paraguay
4
in 2025
South Africa
4
in 2025
Paraguay rank
17th
South Africa rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Paraguay
- South Africa
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 4 against 4 in South Africa, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was South Africa ahead.
Paraguay ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 17th of 175 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Paraguay | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 4 | 4.6 | 0.6 | South Africa |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Paraguay or South Africa?
- Paraguay, at 4 against 4 in South Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Paraguay and South Africa?
- 0, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Paraguay and South Africa?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Paraguay and South Africa rank globally for democracy?
- Paraguay ranks 17th and South Africa 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).