Kenya vs Panama: Democracy Index

Kenya
9
in 2018
Panama
9
in 2018
Kenya rank
33rd
Panama rank
33rd

Democracy Index over time

  • Kenya
  • Panama
-10-50510190319602018

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 9 against 9 in Panama, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 33rd and Panama ranks 33rd 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).