Kenya vs Maldives: Electoral democracy (Lexical Index)
Kenya
1
in 2025
Maldives
1
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st
Electoral democracy (Lexical Index) over time
- Kenya
- Maldives
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 1 against 1 in Maldives, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 131 shared years of data; in 1895 it was Maldives ahead.
Kenya ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Kenya |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | Kenya |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Kenya or Maldives?
- Kenya, at 1 against 1 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Kenya and Maldives?
- 0, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Maldives?
- 131 years are reported by both, from 1895 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Maldives rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Kenya ranks 1st and Maldives 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).