Belarus vs Equatorial Guinea: Democracy Index

Belarus
-7
in 2018
Equatorial Guinea
-6
in 2018
Belarus rank
149th
Equatorial Guinea rank
146th

Democracy Index over time

  • Belarus
  • Equatorial Guinea
-10-50510180019092018

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports -6 against -7 in Belarus, a difference of 1.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Belarus ranks 149th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 146th of 167 countries.

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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

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).