Cape Verde vs Vanuatu: Full democracy
Cape Verde
1
in 2025
Vanuatu
1
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Vanuatu rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Cape Verde
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 1 against 1 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.
Across all 120 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Vanuatu ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Vanuatu |
| 1990s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Vanuatu |
| 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, Cape Verde or Vanuatu?
- Cape Verde, at 1 against 1 in Vanuatu as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Cape Verde and Vanuatu?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Vanuatu?
- 120 years are reported by both, from 1906 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Vanuatu rank globally for full democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Vanuatu 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+).