Gambia vs Malta: Electoral democracy
Gambia
1
in 2025
Malta
1
in 2025
Gambia rank
1st
Malta rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Gambia
- Malta
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 1 against 1 in Malta, a difference of 0.
Across all 137 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Gambia ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | Malta |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Malta |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | Malta |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Gambia or Malta?
- Gambia, at 1 against 1 in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Gambia and Malta?
- 0, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Malta?
- 137 years are reported by both, from 1889 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Malta rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Gambia ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 197 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).