Canada vs San Marino: Full democracy
Canada
1
in 2025
San Marino
1
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
San Marino rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Canada
- San Marino
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1 against 1 in San Marino, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was San Marino ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and San Marino ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | San Marino | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Canada |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Canada |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Canada or San Marino?
- Canada, at 1 against 1 in San Marino as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Canada and San Marino?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and San Marino?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and San Marino rank globally for full democracy?
- Canada ranks 1st and San Marino 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+).