Barbados vs Marshall Islands: Democracy
Barbados
7
in 2025
Marshall Islands
7
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Marshall Islands rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Barbados
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 7 against 7 in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1875 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 1st and Marshall Islands ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Barbados |
| 1880s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Barbados |
| 1890s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Barbados |
| 1900s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Barbados |
| 1910s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Barbados |
| 1920s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Barbados |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Barbados |
| 1940s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Barbados |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 6 | 2 | 4 | Barbados |
| 1970s | 7 | 2.5 | 4.5 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Barbados or Marshall Islands?
- Barbados, at 7 against 7 in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Barbados and Marshall Islands?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Marshall Islands?
- 151 years are reported by both, from 1875 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Marshall Islands rank globally for democracy?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Marshall Islands 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).