China vs Qatar: Varieties of democracy
China
0.072
in 2025
Qatar
0.034
in 2025
China rank
171st
Qatar rank
174th
Varieties of democracy over time
- China
- Qatar
How they compare
China currently reports 0.072 against 0.034 in Qatar, a difference of 0.038.
That makes China's figure about 2.1 times Qatar's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was China ahead.
China ranks 171st and Qatar ranks 174th of 176 countries.
Individual pages
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair elections, and freedoms of association and expression are guaranteed.