Colombia vs Liberia: Democracy
Colombia
2
in 2018
Liberia
2
in 2018
Colombia rank
1st
Liberia rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Colombia
- Liberia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2 against 2 in Liberia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 172 shared years of data; in 1847 it was Liberia ahead.
Colombia ranks 1st and Liberia ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1.3 | 1 | 0.3 | Colombia |
| 1870s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1880s | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Colombia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1950s | 1.3 | 0 | 1.3 | Colombia |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Colombia |
| 1970s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Colombia |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Colombia |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Colombia |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Colombia or Liberia?
- Colombia, at 2 against 2 in Liberia as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Colombia and Liberia?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Liberia?
- 172 years are reported by both, from 1847 to 2018.
- How do Colombia and Liberia rank globally for democracy?
- Colombia ranks 1st and Liberia ranks 1st of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Polity 5 (2020) – 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 using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).