Namibia vs Portugal: Full democracy
Namibia
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Namibia rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Namibia
- Portugal
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
Across all 142 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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, Namibia or Portugal?
- Namibia, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Namibia and Portugal?
- 0, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Portugal?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1884 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and Portugal rank globally for full democracy?
- Namibia ranks 1st and Portugal 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+).