Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Political regime polity

Papua New Guinea
1
in 2018
Zimbabwe
1
in 2018
Papua New Guinea rank
98th
Zimbabwe rank
98th

Political regime polity over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Zimbabwe
00.20.40.60.81197519962018

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

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

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1980s 1 0.7 0.3 Papua New Guinea
1990s 1 0.1 0.9 Papua New Guinea
2000s 1 1 0 —
2010s 1 1 0 —

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political regime polity, Papua New Guinea or Zimbabwe?
Papua New Guinea, at 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe as of 2018.
What is the difference in political regime polity between Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe?
0, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe?
39 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2018.
How do Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe rank globally for political regime polity?
Papua New Guinea ranks 98th and Zimbabwe ranks 98th of 168 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Political regime polity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Political regime polity. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 15 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/political-regime-polity/papua-new-guinea/zimbabwe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/political-regime-polity/papua-new-guinea/zimbabwe/">Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Political regime polity</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Political regime polity
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
168 places, 18,392 data points, 1776–2020
Last refreshed