Congo vs Niger: Varieties of democracy

Congo
0.243
in 2025
Niger
0.227
in 2025
Congo rank
131st
Niger rank
134th

Varieties of democracy over time

  • Congo
  • Niger
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.243 against 0.227 in Niger, a difference of 0.016.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 131st and Niger ranks 134th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Varieties of democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,649 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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.