Democratic Republic of Congo vs Equatorial Guinea: Democracy

Democratic Republic of Congo
3
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
3
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
116th
Equatorial Guinea rank
116th

Democracy over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 3 against 3 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 116th and Equatorial Guinea 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).