Ghana vs South Africa: Revised Combined Polity Score

Ghana
8
in 2011
South Africa
9
in 2011
Ghana rank
5th
South Africa rank
3rd

Revised Combined Polity Score over time

  • Ghana
  • South Africa
-10-50510196019852011

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 9 against 8 in Ghana, a difference of 1.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Africa ahead.

Ghana ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 3rd of 51 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s -7.5 4 11.5 South Africa
1970s -3 4 7 South Africa
1980s -5.7 4 9.7 South Africa
1990s -0.7 7.8 8.5 South Africa
2000s 6.8 9 2.2 South Africa
2010s 8 9 1 South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher revised combined polity score, Ghana or South Africa?
South Africa, at 9 against 8 in Ghana as of 2011.
What is the difference in revised combined polity score between Ghana and South Africa?
1, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South Africa?
52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2011.
How do Ghana and South Africa rank globally for revised combined polity score?
Ghana ranks 5th and South Africa ranks 3rd of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Authoritarian regime"" in Western political discourse is a pejorative term for some very diverse kinds of political systems whose common properties are a lack of regularized political competition and , published as Revised Combined Polity Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Revised Combined Polity Score
Source
Authoritarian regime"" in Western political discourse is a pejorative term for some very diverse kinds of political systems whose common properties are a lack of regularized political competition and
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 2,425 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Revised Combined Polity Score is a modified version of the POLITY variable added in order to facilitate the use of the POLITY regime measure in time-series analyses.