Spain vs Uruguay: Democracy
Spain
4
in 2025
Uruguay
4
in 2025
Spain rank
17th
Uruguay rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Spain
- Uruguay
How they compare
Spain currently reports 4 against 4 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.
Spain ranks 17th and Uruguay ranks 17th of 172 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Spain averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 0.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 1 | 4 | 3 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | Spain |
| 1980s | 4.3 | 3.5 | 0.8 | Spain |
| 1990s | 4 | 4.6 | 0.6 | Uruguay |
| 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, Spain or Uruguay?
- Spain, at 4 against 4 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Spain and Uruguay?
- 0, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Uruguay?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Spain and Uruguay rank globally for democracy?
- Spain ranks 17th and Uruguay 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).