Barbados vs Malta: Electoral democracy
Barbados
2
in 2025
Malta
2
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Malta rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Barbados
- Malta
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 2 against 2 in Malta, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malta ahead.
Barbados ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Malta |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Malta |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Malta |
| 1950s | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1 | Malta |
| 1960s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Barbados |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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 Malta?
- Barbados, at 2 against 2 in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Barbados and Malta?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malta?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Malta rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Malta 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
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.