Guyana vs Jamaica: Electoral democracy
Guyana
2
in 2025
Jamaica
2
in 2025
Guyana rank
1st
Jamaica rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Guyana
- Jamaica
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 2 against 2 in Jamaica, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Guyana ranks 1st and Jamaica ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 2 | 1.6 | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 1.2 | 2 | 0.8 | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1.33 | 2 | 0.6667 | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Guyana or Jamaica?
- Guyana, at 2 against 2 in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Guyana and Jamaica?
- 0, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Jamaica?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Guyana and Jamaica rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Guyana ranks 1st and Jamaica 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.