Bulgaria vs Romania: Full democracy
Bulgaria
1
in 2025
Romania
1
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Romania rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Romania
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Romania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Romania ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Romania ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Romania | 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 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | Bulgaria |
| 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 Romania?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Bulgaria and Romania?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Romania rank globally for full democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Romania 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+).