Canada vs USSR: Democracy Index

Canada

in 2018

USSR

in 1991

Canada rank

1st

USSR rank

1st

Democracy Index over time

Canada
USSR

How they compare

Canada currently reports 10 against 0 in USSR, a difference of 10.

Across all 70 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy Index in Canada
Democracy Index in USSR
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).