Canada vs France: Distribution of Democracy Index

Canada
20
in 2018
France
20
in 2018
Canada rank
1st
France rank
1st

Distribution of Democracy Index over time

  • Canada
  • France
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 20 against 20 in France, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1867 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 1st and France ranks 1st of 167 countries.

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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

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).