Democracy in Myanmar
Myanmar: Democracy was 0 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Democracy in Myanmar, 1900–2025
Source: Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 0 for democracy in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 126 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, democracy in Myanmar peaked at 2 in 1922 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1942.
Myanmar ranks 143rd of 172 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1920s | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.3 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1667 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
- 143 Afghanistan 0 compare
- 143 Belarus 0 compare
- 143 Burkina Faso 0 compare
- 143 Cambodia 0 compare
- 143 Central African Republic 0 compare
- 143 Cote d'Ivoire 0 compare
- 143 El Salvador 0 compare
- 143 Georgia 0 compare
- 143 Guinea 0 compare
- 143 Guinea-Bissau 0 compare
- 143 Haiti 0 compare
- 143 Hungary 0 compare
- 143 India 0 compare
- 143 Indonesia 0 compare
- 143 Kuwait 0 compare
- 143 Kyrgyzstan 0 compare
- 143 Libya 0 compare
- 143 Madagascar 0 compare
- 143 Mali 0 compare
- 143 Mauritania 0 compare
- 143 Mozambique 0 compare
- 143 Nicaragua 0 compare
- 143 Niger 0 compare
- 143 Pakistan 0 compare
- 143 Philippines 0 compare
- 143 Serbia 0 compare
- 143 Togo 0 compare
More reference data data for Myanmar
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.4249 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.0963 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.0987 °C (2026)
- Consumer price index 168.18 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.2735 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.5675 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is democracy in Myanmar?
- Democracy in Myanmar was 0 in 2025, according to Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest democracy recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 1922.
- What is the lowest democracy recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1942.
- How does Myanmar rank for democracy?
- Myanmar ranks 143rd out of 172 countries with data for 2025.
- Is democracy rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Myanmar data come from?
- The figures come from Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).