Ethiopia vs Uganda: Electoral democracy
Ethiopia
1
in 2025
Uganda
1
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
87th
Uganda rank
87th
Electoral democracy over time
- Ethiopia
- Uganda
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 1 against 1 in Uganda, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uganda ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 87th and Uganda ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Uganda has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Uganda | 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 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Uganda |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Uganda |
| 1990s | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Uganda |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Ethiopia or Uganda?
- Ethiopia, at 1 against 1 in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Ethiopia and Uganda?
- 0, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Uganda?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Ethiopia and Uganda rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Ethiopia ranks 87th and Uganda ranks 87th 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.