Cape Verde vs Chile: Distribution of Democracy Index

Cape Verde

in 2018

Chile

in 2018

Cape Verde rank

1st

Chile rank

1st

Distribution of Democracy Index over time

Cape Verde
Chile

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 20 against 20 in Chile, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 1st and Chile ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Distribution of Democracy Index in Cape Verde
Distribution of Democracy Index in Chile
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Distribution of Democracy Index
Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 168 places, 18,366 data points, 1800–2018
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

It combines information on the extent to which open, multi-party, and competitive elections choose a chief executive who faces comprehensive institutional constraints, and political participation is competitive. It ranges from 0 to 20 (fully democratic).