Cyprus vs USSR: Democracy Index

Cyprus

in 2018

USSR

in 1991

Cyprus rank

1st

USSR rank

1st

Democracy Index over time

Cyprus
USSR

How they compare

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

Across all 32 years both countries report, Cyprus has been ahead every year.

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

Individual pages

Democracy Index in Cyprus
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).