Seychelles vs East Timor: Democracy
Seychelles
5
in 2025
East Timor
5
in 2025
Seychelles rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Seychelles
- East Timor
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 5 against 5 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was East Timor ahead.
Seychelles ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Seychelles averaged higher in 3 and East Timor in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Seychelles | East Timor | 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 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | Seychelles |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | East Timor |
| 1980s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 1.5 | 4.4 | 2.9 | East Timor |
| 2010s | 3.2 | 5 | 1.8 | East Timor |
| 2020s | 5 | 5 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Seychelles or East Timor?
- Seychelles, at 5 against 5 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Seychelles and East Timor?
- 0, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and East Timor?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Seychelles and East Timor rank globally for democracy?
- Seychelles 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).