Czechia vs USSR: Democracy
Czechia
2
in 2018
USSR
1
in 1991
Czechia rank
1st
USSR rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Czechia
- USSR
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 2 against 1 in USSR, a difference of 1.
That makes Czechia's figure about 2.0 times USSR's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Czechia ahead.
Czechia ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Czechia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Czechia |
| 1930s | 1.89 | 0 | 1.89 | Czechia |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Czechia |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Czechia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Czechia or USSR?
- Czechia, at 2 against 1 in USSR as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Czechia and USSR?
- 1, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and USSR?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1922 to 1991.
- How do Czechia and USSR rank globally for democracy?
- Czechia ranks 1st and USSR 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).