Bulgaria vs Cape Verde: Full democracy
Bulgaria
1
in 2025
Cape Verde
1
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Cape Verde rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.
Across all 148 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Cape Verde ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Cape Verde |
| 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, Bulgaria or Cape Verde?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Bulgaria and Cape Verde?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Cape Verde?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Cape Verde rank globally for full democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Cape Verde 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+).