Bahamas vs Belize: Full democracy
Bahamas
1
in 2025
Belize
1
in 2025
Bahamas rank
1st
Belize rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Bahamas
- Belize
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 1 against 1 in Belize, a difference of 0.
Across all 164 years both countries report, Belize has been ahead every year.
Bahamas ranks 1st and Belize ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Belize | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher full democracy, Bahamas or Belize?
- Bahamas, at 1 against 1 in Belize as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Bahamas and Belize?
- 0, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Belize?
- 164 years are reported by both, from 1862 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and Belize rank globally for full democracy?
- Bahamas ranks 1st and Belize ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Full democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies if a country is a full democracy using the extended Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy (LIED+).