China vs Kuwait: Democracy Index

China
-7
in 2018
Kuwait
-7
in 2018
China rank
149th
Kuwait rank
149th

Democracy Index over time

  • China
  • Kuwait
-10-7.5-5-2.502.5180019092018

How they compare

China currently reports -7 against -7 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Kuwait ahead.

China ranks 149th and Kuwait ranks 149th 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).