Chile vs Ireland: Democracy

Chile

in 2025

Ireland

in 2025

Chile rank

1st

Ireland rank

1st

Democracy over time

Chile
Ireland

How they compare

Chile currently reports 3 against 3 in Ireland, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 234 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Ireland ahead.

Chile ranks 1st and Ireland ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Chile
Democracy in Ireland
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Identifies the political regime of a country by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.