Suriname vs East Timor: Electoral democracy
Suriname
1
in 2025
East Timor
1
in 2025
Suriname rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Suriname
- East Timor
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 1 against 1 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1863 it was East Timor ahead.
Suriname ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Suriname | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Suriname |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Suriname |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Suriname |
| 1980s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Suriname |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Suriname |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Suriname |
| 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, Suriname or East Timor?
- Suriname, at 1 against 1 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Suriname and East Timor?
- 0, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and East Timor?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1863 to 2025.
- How do Suriname and East Timor rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Suriname ranks 1st and East Timor 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).