Bhutan vs Maldives: Electoral democracy
Bhutan
2
in 2025
Maldives
2
in 2025
Bhutan rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Bhutan
- Maldives
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 2 against 2 in Maldives, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Maldives ahead.
Bhutan ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Maldives |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | Maldives |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Bhutan or Maldives?
- Bhutan, at 2 against 2 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bhutan and Maldives?
- 0, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Maldives?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Maldives rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bhutan ranks 1st and Maldives 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.