Namibia vs Suriname: Full democracy
Namibia
1
in 2025
Suriname
1
in 2025
Namibia rank
1st
Suriname rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Namibia
- Suriname
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 1 against 1 in Suriname, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 142 shared years of data; in 1884 it was Suriname ahead.
Namibia ranks 1st and Suriname ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Suriname | 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 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Namibia |
| 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 Suriname?
- Namibia, at 1 against 1 in Suriname as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Namibia and Suriname?
- 0, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Suriname?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1884 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and Suriname rank globally for full democracy?
- Namibia ranks 1st and Suriname 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+).