Chile vs Colombia: Democracy

Chile

in 2018

Colombia

in 2018

Chile rank

1st

Colombia rank

1st

Democracy over time

Chile
Colombia

How they compare

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

Across all 187 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.

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

Individual pages

Democracy in Chile
Democracy in Colombia
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).