Benin vs Chile: Democracy

Benin

in 2018

Chile

in 2018

Benin rank

1st

Chile rank

1st

Democracy over time

Benin
Chile

How they compare

Benin currently reports 2 against 2 in Chile, a difference of 0.

Across all 59 years both countries report, Chile has been ahead every year.

Benin ranks 1st and Chile ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Benin
Democracy in Chile
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy
Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 168 places, 18,392 data points, 1776–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).