Brunei vs China: Democracy
Brunei
0
in 2025
China
0
in 2025
Brunei rank
175th
China rank
175th
Democracy over time
- Brunei
- China
How they compare
Brunei currently reports 0 against 0 in China, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Brunei ranks 175th and China ranks 175th of 197 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | China | 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 | 0.7 | 0.7 | China |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | China |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | China |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Brunei or China?
- Brunei, at 0 against 0 in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Brunei and China?
- 0, with Brunei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and China?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Brunei and China rank globally for democracy?
- Brunei ranks 175th and China 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
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).