Malta vs San Marino: Democracy
Malta
7
in 2025
San Marino
7
in 2025
Malta rank
1st
San Marino rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Malta
- San Marino
How they compare
Malta currently reports 7 against 7 in San Marino, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 186 shared years of data; in 1840 it was San Marino ahead.
Malta ranks 1st and San Marino ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 10 and San Marino in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | San Marino | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | Malta |
| 1860s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Malta |
| 1870s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Malta |
| 1880s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Malta |
| 1890s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Malta |
| 1900s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | Malta |
| 1910s | 2 | 5 | 3 | San Marino |
| 1920s | 2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | Malta |
| 1930s | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | Malta |
| 1940s | 3.2 | 3 | 0.2 | Malta |
| 1950s | 6.1 | 5.6 | 0.5 | Malta |
| 1960s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 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, Malta or San Marino?
- Malta, at 7 against 7 in San Marino as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Malta and San Marino?
- 0, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and San Marino?
- 186 years are reported by both, from 1840 to 2025.
- How do Malta and San Marino rank globally for democracy?
- Malta ranks 1st and San Marino 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).