Fiji vs Malta: Electoral democracy
Fiji
1
in 2025
Malta
1
in 2025
Fiji rank
1st
Malta rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Fiji
- Malta
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 1 against 1 in Malta, a difference of 0.
Across all 152 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Fiji ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Malta |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Malta |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Malta |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | Malta |
| 1990s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.2 | 1 | 0.8 | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Malta |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Fiji or Malta?
- Fiji, at 1 against 1 in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Fiji and Malta?
- 0, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Malta?
- 152 years are reported by both, from 1874 to 2025.
- How do Fiji and Malta rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Fiji ranks 1st and Malta 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).