Guyana vs Liberia: Electoral democracy
Guyana
2
in 2025
Liberia
2
in 2025
Guyana rank
1st
Liberia rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Guyana
- Liberia
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 2 against 2 in Liberia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Liberia ahead.
Guyana ranks 1st and Liberia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 5 and Liberia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Liberia |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Guyana |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Guyana |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Guyana |
| 1990s | 1.22 | 0.3333 | 0.8889 | Guyana |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | Guyana |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1.33 | 2 | 0.6667 | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Guyana or Liberia?
- Guyana, at 2 against 2 in Liberia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Guyana and Liberia?
- 0, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Liberia?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Guyana and Liberia rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Guyana ranks 1st and Liberia 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.