Panama vs United States: Democracy
Panama
7
in 2025
United States
7
in 2025
Panama rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Panama
- United States
How they compare
Panama currently reports 7 against 7 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was United States ahead.
Panama ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 197 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2.57 | 4 | 1.43 | United States |
| 1910s | 3 | 4 | 1 | United States |
| 1920s | 2.6 | 4 | 1.4 | United States |
| 1930s | 3.4 | 4 | 0.6 | United States |
| 1940s | 2.8 | 4 | 1.2 | United States |
| 1950s | 2.6 | 4 | 1.4 | United States |
| 1960s | 4.8 | 5.5 | 0.7 | United States |
| 1970s | 0.8 | 7 | 6.2 | United States |
| 1980s | 2.4 | 7 | 4.6 | United States |
| 1990s | 6 | 7 | 1 | United States |
| 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, Panama or United States?
- Panama, at 7 against 7 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Panama and United States?
- 0, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and United States?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Panama and United States rank globally for democracy?
- Panama ranks 1st and United States 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).