Cuba vs Equatorial Guinea: Democracy Index

Cuba

-5

in 2018

Equatorial Guinea

-6

in 2018

Cuba rank

144th

Equatorial Guinea rank

146th

Democracy Index over time

Cuba
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Cuba currently reports -5 against -6 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 1.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Cuba ranks 144th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 146th of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy Index in Cuba
Democracy Index in Equatorial Guinea
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).