Liberia vs Taiwan: Electoral democracy
Liberia
2
in 2025
Taiwan
2
in 2025
Liberia rank
1st
Taiwan rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Liberia
- Taiwan
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 2 against 2 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 199 shared years of data; in 1821 it was Taiwan ahead.
Liberia ranks 1st and Taiwan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 13 and Taiwan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Liberia |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Liberia |
| 1950s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Liberia |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Liberia |
| 1990s | 0.3333 | 0.8889 | 0.5556 | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 1.1 | 2 | 0.9 | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Liberia or Taiwan?
- Liberia, at 2 against 2 in Taiwan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Liberia and Taiwan?
- 0, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Taiwan?
- 199 years are reported by both, from 1821 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and Taiwan rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Liberia ranks 1st and Taiwan 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.