Kuwait vs Laos: Electoral democracy
Kuwait
0
in 2025
Laos
0
in 2025
Kuwait rank
142nd
Laos rank
142nd
Electoral democracy over time
- Kuwait
- Laos
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0 against 0 in Laos, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 230 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Laos ahead.
Kuwait ranks 142nd and Laos ranks 142nd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and Laos in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Laos |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Laos |
| 1960s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Laos |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.8333 | 0 | 0.8333 | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Kuwait or Laos?
- Kuwait, at 0 against 0 in Laos as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Kuwait and Laos?
- 0, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Laos?
- 230 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Laos rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Kuwait ranks 142nd and Laos ranks 142nd 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.