El Salvador vs Equatorial Guinea: Democracy
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
87th
Equatorial Guinea rank
87th
Democracy over time
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 118 shared years of data; in 1900 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 87th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 87th of 176 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.6667 | 0.6667 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.5556 | 0 | 0.5556 | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 2 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.17 | 1 | 0.1667 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, El Salvador or Equatorial Guinea?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea?
- 118 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for democracy?
- El Salvador ranks 87th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 87th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – 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 by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.