Cape Verde vs Marshall Islands: Democracy
Cape Verde
7
in 2025
Marshall Islands
7
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Marshall Islands rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Cape Verde
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 7 against 7 in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.
Across all 151 years both countries report, Marshall Islands has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Marshall Islands ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 2 | 2 | Marshall Islands |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Marshall Islands |
| 1970s | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2 | Marshall Islands |
| 1980s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 6.3 | 7 | 0.7 | Marshall Islands |
| 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 Marshall Islands?
- Cape Verde, at 7 against 7 in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cape Verde and Marshall Islands?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Marshall Islands?
- 151 years are reported by both, from 1875 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Marshall Islands rank globally for democracy?
- Cape Verde 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).