Guinea-Bissau vs Namibia: Democracy

Guinea-Bissau
2
in 2018
Namibia
2
in 2018
Guinea-Bissau rank
1st
Namibia rank
1st

Democracy over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Namibia
00.511.52197419962018

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 168 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Namibia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.9 2 1.1 Namibia
2000s 1.5 2 0.5 Namibia
2010s 1.78 2 0.2222 Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Guinea-Bissau or Namibia?
Guinea-Bissau, at 2 against 2 in Namibia as of 2018.
What is the difference in democracy between Guinea-Bissau and Namibia?
0, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Namibia?
29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2018.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Namibia rank globally for democracy?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 1st and Namibia ranks 1st of 168 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

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

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).