Barbados vs Croatia: Electoral democracy

Barbados
2
in 2025
Croatia
2
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Croatia rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Barbados
  • Croatia
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 2 against 2 in Croatia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 85 shared years of data; in 1941 it was Croatia ahead.

Barbados ranks 1st and Croatia ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Croatia Difference Ahead
1940s 0 0 0
1950s 0.6 0 0.6 Barbados
1960s 2 0 2 Barbados
1970s 2 0 2 Barbados
1980s 2 0 2 Barbados
1990s 2 0.8 1.2 Barbados
2000s 2 2 0
2010s 2 2 0
2020s 2 2 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electoral democracy, Barbados or Croatia?
Barbados, at 2 against 2 in Croatia as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Barbados and Croatia?
0, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Croatia?
85 years are reported by both, from 1941 to 2025.
How do Barbados and Croatia rank globally for electoral democracy?
Barbados ranks 1st and Croatia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.