Poland vs East Timor: Electoral democracy

Poland
2
in 2025
East Timor
2
in 2025
Poland rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Poland
  • East Timor
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How they compare

Poland currently reports 2 against 2 in East Timor, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1918 it was East Timor ahead.

Poland ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Poland East Timor Difference Ahead
1910s 0.5 0 0.5 Poland
1920s 1.6 0 1.6 Poland
1930s 1 0 1 Poland
1940s 0.5 0 0.5 Poland
1950s 0.5 0 0.5 Poland
1960s 0.1 0 0.1 Poland
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0.1 0 0.1 Poland
1990s 2 0 2 Poland
2000s 2 1.7 0.3 Poland
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, Poland or East Timor?
Poland, at 2 against 2 in East Timor as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Poland and East Timor?
0, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and East Timor?
103 years are reported by both, from 1918 to 2025.
How do Poland and East Timor rank globally for electoral democracy?
Poland ranks 1st and East Timor 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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.