Afghanistan vs Kuwait: Democracy

Afghanistan
0
in 2025
Kuwait
0
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
175th
Kuwait rank
175th

Democracy over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Kuwait
0123178919072025

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0 against 0 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Kuwait ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 175th and Kuwait ranks 175th of 197 countries.

Across the 25 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Kuwait in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Kuwait Difference Ahead
1780s 0 0 0
1790s 0 0 0
1800s 0 0 0
1810s 0 0 0
1820s 0 0 0
1830s 0 0 0
1840s 0 0 0
1850s 0 0 0
1860s 0 0 0
1870s 0 0 0
1880s 0 0 0
1890s 0 0 0
1900s 0 0 0
1910s 0 0 0
1920s 0 0 0
1930s 0.8 0 0.8 Afghanistan
1940s 1 0 1 Afghanistan
1950s 1 0 1 Afghanistan
1960s 1.6 1.8 0.2 Kuwait
1970s 1.3 1.2 0.1 Afghanistan
1980s 1.4 1 0.4 Afghanistan
1990s 0.6 1.6 1 Kuwait
2000s 1.6 2 0.4 Kuwait
2010s 3 2 1 Afghanistan
2020s 0.5 1.33 0.8333 Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Afghanistan or Kuwait?
Afghanistan, at 0 against 0 in Kuwait as of 2025.
What is the difference in democracy between Afghanistan and Kuwait?
0, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Kuwait?
237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Afghanistan and Kuwait rank globally for democracy?
Afghanistan ranks 175th and Kuwait ranks 175th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Lexical Index (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

Indicator
Democracy
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).