Kenya vs United States: Electoral democracy
Kenya
1
in 2025
United States
1
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Kenya
- United States
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 1 against 1 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 131 shared years of data; in 1895 it was United States ahead.
Kenya ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 197 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | United States | 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 | 0.5 | 0.4 | United States |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 2000s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | United States |
| 2010s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | United States |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Kenya or United States?
- Kenya, at 1 against 1 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Kenya and United States?
- 0, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and United States?
- 131 years are reported by both, from 1895 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and United States rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Kenya ranks 1st and United States 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).