Guinea-Bissau vs Namibia: Democracy Index

Guinea-Bissau

in 2018

Namibia

in 2018

Guinea-Bissau rank

86th

Namibia rank

86th

Democracy Index over time

Guinea-Bissau
Namibia

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 6 against 6 in Namibia, a difference of 0.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 86th and Namibia ranks 86th of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Democracy Index in Guinea-Bissau
Democracy Index in Namibia
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).