Bahrain vs Vatican: Democracy Index

Bahrain

-10

in 2018

Vatican

-9

in 1870

Bahrain rank

164th

Vatican rank

161st

Democracy Index over time

Bahrain
Vatican

How they compare

Vatican currently reports -9 against -10 in Bahrain, a difference of 1.

Bahrain ranks 164th and Vatican ranks 161st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy Index in Bahrain
Democracy Index in Vatican
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Democracy Index
Source: Polity 5 (2020); Population based on various sources (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 168 places, 18,392 data points, 1776–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

It combines information on the extent to which open, multi-party, and competitive elections choose a chief executive who faces comprehensive institutional constraints, and political participation is competitive. It ranges from -10 to 10 (fully democratic).