Taiwan vs USSR: Democracy
Taiwan
2
in 2018
USSR
1
in 1991
Taiwan rank
1st
USSR rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Taiwan
- USSR
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports 2 against 1 in USSR, a difference of 1.
That makes Taiwan's figure about 2.0 times USSR's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1949 it was USSR ahead.
Taiwan ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Taiwan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Taiwan | USSR | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | Taiwan |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Taiwan or USSR?
- Taiwan, at 2 against 1 in USSR as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Taiwan and USSR?
- 1, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Taiwan and USSR?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 1991.
- How do Taiwan and USSR rank globally for democracy?
- Taiwan 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.
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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).