Somalia vs Sudan: Electoral democracy
Somalia
0
in 2025
Sudan
0
in 2025
Somalia rank
142nd
Sudan rank
142nd
Electoral democracy over time
- Somalia
- Sudan
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0 against 0 in Sudan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Sudan ahead.
Somalia ranks 142nd and Sudan ranks 142nd of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 1 and Sudan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Somalia | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.8889 | 0.8889 | Sudan |
| 1980s | 0.25 | 0.75 | 0.5 | Sudan |
| 1990s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Sudan |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sudan |
| 2010s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sudan |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Somalia or Sudan?
- Somalia, at 0 against 0 in Sudan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Somalia and Sudan?
- 0, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sudan?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Somalia and Sudan rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Somalia ranks 142nd and Sudan 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.