Eritrea vs Kuwait: Democracy Index

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

Democracy Index over time

  • Eritrea
  • Kuwait
-10-9-8-7-6196319902018

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea 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).