Maldives vs Namibia: Electoral democracy
Maldives
1
in 2025
Namibia
1
in 2025
Maldives rank
1st
Namibia rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Maldives
- Namibia
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 1 against 1 in Namibia, a difference of 0.
Across all 142 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 1st and Namibia ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Namibia | 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 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Namibia |
| 2000s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Namibia |
| 2010s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Namibia |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Maldives or Namibia?
- Maldives, at 1 against 1 in Namibia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Maldives and Namibia?
- 0, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Namibia?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1884 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Namibia rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Maldives ranks 1st and Namibia 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).