Gambia vs Seychelles: Electoral democracy
Gambia
2
in 2025
Seychelles
2
in 2025
Gambia rank
1st
Seychelles rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Gambia
- Seychelles
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 2 against 2 in Seychelles, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Seychelles ahead.
Gambia ranks 1st and Seychelles ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 3 and Seychelles in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Seychelles | 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 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Gambia |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Gambia |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Gambia |
| 1990s | 0.8889 | 1 | 0.1111 | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 1.83 | 2 | 0.1667 | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Gambia or Seychelles?
- Gambia, at 2 against 2 in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Gambia and Seychelles?
- 0, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Seychelles?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Seychelles rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Gambia ranks 1st and Seychelles 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.