Brazil vs Spain: Full democracy
Brazil
1
in 2025
Spain
1
in 2025
Brazil rank
1st
Spain rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Brazil
- Spain
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1 against 1 in Spain, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Spain |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher full democracy, Brazil or Spain?
- Brazil, at 1 against 1 in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Brazil and Spain?
- 0, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Spain?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Spain rank globally for full democracy?
- Brazil ranks 1st and Spain 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+).