Cape Verde vs Spain: Democracy

Cape Verde

in 2018

Spain

in 2018

Cape Verde rank

1st

Spain rank

1st

Democracy over time

Cape Verde
Spain

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 2 against 2 in Spain, a difference of 0.

Across all 44 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.

Cape Verde ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Cape Verde
Democracy in Spain
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).