Maldives vs East Timor: Democracy
Maldives
6
in 2025
East Timor
6
in 2025
Maldives rank
78th
East Timor rank
78th
Democracy over time
- Maldives
- East Timor
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 6 against 6 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 167 shared years of data; in 1859 it was East Timor ahead.
Maldives ranks 78th and East Timor ranks 78th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 4 and East Timor in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Maldives |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Maldives |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Maldives |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.3 | 5.4 | 3.1 | East Timor |
| 2010s | 4.7 | 6 | 1.3 | East Timor |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Maldives or East Timor?
- Maldives, at 6 against 6 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Maldives and East Timor?
- 0, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and East Timor?
- 167 years are reported by both, from 1859 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and East Timor rank globally for democracy?
- Maldives ranks 78th and East Timor ranks 78th 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).