Barbados vs Portugal: Electoral democracy
Barbados
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Barbados
- Portugal
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 187 shared years of data; in 1839 it was Portugal ahead.
Barbados ranks 1st and Portugal 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 | Portugal | 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 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 Portugal?
- Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Barbados and Portugal?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Portugal?
- 187 years are reported by both, from 1839 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Portugal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Portugal 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).