Ethiopia vs Libya: Distribution of Democracy Index

Ethiopia
11
in 2018
Libya
10
in 2018
Ethiopia rank
118th
Libya rank
119th

Distribution of Democracy Index over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Libya
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 11 against 10 in Libya, a difference of 1.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 118th and Libya ranks 119th 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).