Cape Verde vs Kiribati: Democracy
Cape Verde
7
in 2025
Kiribati
7
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Kiribati rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Cape Verde
- Kiribati
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 7 against 7 in Kiribati, a difference of 0.
Across all 134 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Kiribati ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Kiribati | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 0.5 | 3 | 2.5 | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 6.3 | 7 | 0.7 | Kiribati |
| 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, Cape Verde or Kiribati?
- Cape Verde, at 7 against 7 in Kiribati as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cape Verde and Kiribati?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Kiribati?
- 134 years are reported by both, from 1892 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Kiribati rank globally for democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Kiribati 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).