Benin vs USSR: Democracy
Benin
2
in 2018
USSR
1
in 1991
Benin rank
1st
USSR rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Benin
- USSR
How they compare
Benin currently reports 2 against 1 in USSR, a difference of 1.
That makes Benin's figure about 2.0 times USSR's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 167 countries.
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About this data
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).