Cabo Verde vs Portugal: Democracy
Cabo Verde
7
in 2025
Portugal
7
in 2025
Cabo Verde rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Cabo Verde
- Portugal
How they compare
Cabo Verde currently reports 7 against 7 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Cabo Verde ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cabo Verde | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1830s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Portugal |
| 1840s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1850s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1860s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1870s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1880s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1890s | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Portugal |
| 1900s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Portugal |
| 1910s | 0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Portugal |
| 1920s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Portugal |
| 1930s | 0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Portugal |
| 1940s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Portugal |
| 1950s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1 | 7 | 6 | Portugal |
| 1990s | 6.3 | 7 | 0.7 | Portugal |
| 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, Cabo Verde or Portugal?
- Cabo Verde, at 7 against 7 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cabo Verde and Portugal?
- 0, with Cabo Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cabo Verde and Portugal?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Cabo Verde and Portugal rank globally for democracy?
- Cabo Verde ranks 1st and Portugal 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).