Georgia vs USSR: Democracy
Georgia
2
in 2018
USSR
1
in 1991
Georgia rank
1st
USSR rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Georgia
- USSR
How they compare
Georgia currently reports 2 against 1 in USSR, a difference of 1.
That makes Georgia's figure about 2.0 times USSR's.
Across all 70 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.
Georgia ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Georgia | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Georgia or USSR?
- Georgia, at 2 against 1 in USSR as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Georgia and USSR?
- 1, with Georgia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Georgia and USSR?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1922 to 1991.
- How do Georgia and USSR rank globally for democracy?
- Georgia 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.
Individual pages
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).