Bahamas vs Poland: Democracy
Bahamas
7
in 2025
Poland
7
in 2025
Bahamas rank
1st
Poland rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Bahamas
- Poland
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 7 against 7 in Poland, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 176 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 1st and Poland ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 16 and Poland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bahamas |
| 1790s | 2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | Bahamas |
| 1800s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bahamas |
| 1860s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bahamas |
| 1870s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bahamas |
| 1880s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bahamas |
| 1890s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bahamas |
| 1900s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Bahamas |
| 1910s | 2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | Bahamas |
| 1920s | 2 | 4.6 | 2.6 | Poland |
| 1930s | 2 | 2.7 | 0.7 | Poland |
| 1940s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Bahamas |
| 1950s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Bahamas |
| 1960s | 5 | 1 | 4 | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 7 | 1 | 6 | Bahamas |
| 1980s | 7 | 1.5 | 5.5 | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 6.7 | 0.3 | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 7 | 6.33 | 0.6667 | Bahamas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bahamas or Poland?
- Bahamas, at 7 against 7 in Poland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bahamas and Poland?
- 0, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Poland?
- 176 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and Poland rank globally for democracy?
- Bahamas ranks 1st and Poland ranks 1st 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
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).