Guinea-Bissau vs Namibia: Democracy

Guinea-Bissau

in 2018

Namibia

in 2018

Guinea-Bissau rank

1st

Namibia rank

1st

Democracy over time

Guinea-Bissau
Namibia

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 2 against 2 in Namibia, a difference of 0.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 1st and Namibia ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Guinea-Bissau
Democracy in Namibia
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).