Bahamas vs Malta: Full democracy
Bahamas
1
in 2025
Malta
1
in 2025
Bahamas rank
1st
Malta rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Bahamas
- Malta
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 1 against 1 in Malta, a difference of 0.
Across all 186 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Bahamas ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Malta |
| 1960s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Malta |
| 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 Malta?
- Bahamas, at 1 against 1 in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Bahamas and Malta?
- 0, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Malta?
- 186 years are reported by both, from 1840 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and Malta rank globally for full democracy?
- Bahamas ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 197 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+).