Chile vs Spain: Distribution of Democracy Index

Chile

in 2018

Spain

in 2018

Chile rank

1st

Spain rank

1st

Distribution of Democracy Index over time

Chile
Spain

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 13 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1818 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 167 countries.

Individual pages

Distribution of Democracy Index in Chile
Distribution of Democracy Index in Spain
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).