Barbados vs Nepal: Electoral democracy
Barbados
1
in 2025
Nepal
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Nepal rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Barbados
- Nepal
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Nepal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 187 shared years of data; in 1839 it was Nepal ahead.
Barbados ranks 1st and Nepal ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Barbados |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Barbados |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Barbados |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Barbados or Nepal?
- Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Nepal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Barbados and Nepal?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Nepal?
- 187 years are reported by both, from 1839 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Nepal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Nepal ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country using the reduced Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies, one-party autocracies, multi-party autocracies without elected executive, multi-party autocracies, exclusive democracies, male democracies, and electoral democracies (including full democracies or polyarchies).