Costa Rica vs Lithuania: Democracy
Costa Rica
2
in 2018
Lithuania
2
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
1st
Lithuania rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Costa Rica
- Lithuania
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2 against 2 in Lithuania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 101 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Lithuania ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Lithuania ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 1.1 | 0 | 1.1 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Costa Rica or Lithuania?
- Costa Rica, at 2 against 2 in Lithuania as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Costa Rica and Lithuania?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lithuania?
- 101 years are reported by both, from 1918 to 2018.
- How do Costa Rica and Lithuania rank globally for democracy?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Lithuania 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).