Panama vs Sri Lanka: Democracy

Panama

in 2025

Sri Lanka

in 2025

Panama rank

32nd

Sri Lanka rank

32nd

Democracy over time

Panama
Sri Lanka

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

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

Individual pages

Democracy in Panama
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.