Papua New Guinea vs USSR: Democracy

Papua New Guinea
1
in 2018
USSR
1
in 1991
Papua New Guinea rank
98th
USSR rank
98th

Democracy over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • USSR
00.20.40.60.81192219702018

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1 against 1 in USSR, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 98th and USSR ranks 98th of 168 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea USSR Difference Ahead
1970s 1 0 1 Papua New Guinea
1980s 1 0.1 0.9 Papua New Guinea
1990s 1 1 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Papua New Guinea or USSR?
Papua New Guinea, at 1 against 1 in USSR as of 2018.
What is the difference in democracy between Papua New Guinea and USSR?
0, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and USSR?
17 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 1991.
How do Papua New Guinea and USSR rank globally for democracy?
Papua New Guinea ranks 98th and USSR ranks 98th 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).