Benin vs Cameroon: Democracy

Benin
3
in 2025
Cameroon
3
in 2025
Benin rank
116th
Cameroon rank
116th

Democracy over time

  • Benin
  • Cameroon
02468188419542025

How they compare

Benin currently reports 3 against 3 in Cameroon, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 134 shared years of data; in 1892 it was Cameroon ahead.

Benin ranks 116th and Cameroon ranks 116th of 197 countries.

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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).