Chile vs Greece: Democracy Index

Chile

in 2018

Greece

in 2018

Chile rank

1st

Greece rank

1st

Democracy Index over time

Chile
Greece

How they compare

Chile currently reports 10 against 10 in Greece, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1827 it was Greece ahead.

Chile ranks 1st and Greece ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy Index in Chile
Democracy Index in Greece
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).