Colombia vs Ghana: Electoral democracy
Colombia
2
in 2025
Ghana
2
in 2025
Colombia rank
1st
Ghana rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Colombia
- Ghana
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2 against 2 in Ghana, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 124 shared years of data; in 1902 it was Ghana ahead.
Colombia ranks 1st and Ghana ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1950s | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Colombia |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Colombia |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Colombia |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Colombia |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | Colombia |
| 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, Colombia or Ghana?
- Colombia, at 2 against 2 in Ghana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Colombia and Ghana?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Ghana?
- 124 years are reported by both, from 1902 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Ghana rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Colombia ranks 1st and Ghana 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.