Bulgaria vs Portugal: Full democracy
Bulgaria
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Portugal
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
Across all 148 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Portugal | 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 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Portugal |
| 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 Portugal?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Bulgaria and Portugal?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Portugal?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Portugal rank globally for full democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Portugal 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+).