Nigeria vs Sri Lanka: Democracy

Nigeria

in 2025

Sri Lanka

in 2025

Nigeria rank

32nd

Sri Lanka rank

32nd

Democracy over time

Nigeria
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 2 against 2 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 112 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Nigeria ranks 32nd and Sri Lanka ranks 32nd of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy in Nigeria
Democracy in Sri Lanka
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.