Kiribati vs Marshall Islands: Electoral democracy
Kiribati
1
in 2025
Marshall Islands
1
in 2025
Kiribati rank
1st
Marshall Islands rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 1 against 1 in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 134 shared years of data; in 1892 it was Marshall Islands ahead.
Kiribati ranks 1st and Marshall Islands ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Marshall Islands | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Kiribati |
| 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, Kiribati or Marshall Islands?
- Kiribati, at 1 against 1 in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Kiribati and Marshall Islands?
- 0, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Marshall Islands?
- 134 years are reported by both, from 1892 to 2025.
- How do Kiribati and Marshall Islands rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Kiribati ranks 1st and Marshall Islands 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).