Poland vs East Timor: Democracy
Poland
5
in 2025
East Timor
5
in 2025
Poland rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Poland
- East Timor
How they compare
Poland currently reports 5 against 5 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1918 it was East Timor ahead.
Poland ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 175 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Poland averaged higher in 4 and East Timor in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Poland | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Poland |
| 1920s | 2.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Poland |
| 1930s | 0.7778 | 1 | 0.2222 | East Timor |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Poland |
| 1990s | 4.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 | Poland |
| 2000s | 4 | 4.4 | 0.4 | East Timor |
| 2010s | 3.6 | 5 | 1.4 | East Timor |
| 2020s | 4.17 | 5 | 0.8333 | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Poland or East Timor?
- Poland, at 5 against 5 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Poland and East Timor?
- 0, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and East Timor?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1918 to 2025.
- How do Poland and East Timor rank globally for democracy?
- Poland ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st 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).