Bahamas vs Vanuatu: Full democracy
Bahamas
1
in 2025
Vanuatu
1
in 2025
Bahamas rank
1st
Vanuatu rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Bahamas
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 1 against 1 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 120 shared years of data; in 1906 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Bahamas ranks 1st and Vanuatu ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Bahamas has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.6 | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bahamas |
| 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 Vanuatu?
- Bahamas, at 1 against 1 in Vanuatu as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Bahamas and Vanuatu?
- 0, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Vanuatu?
- 120 years are reported by both, from 1906 to 2025.
- How do Bahamas and Vanuatu rank globally for full democracy?
- Bahamas ranks 1st and Vanuatu 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+).