Democratic Republic of Congo vs Ethiopia: Democracy

Democratic Republic of Congo

in 2025

Ethiopia

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

87th

Ethiopia rank

87th

Democracy over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Ethiopia

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 1 against 1 in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 87th and Ethiopia ranks 87th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democracy in Ethiopia
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.