Main Controls Primary Dataset Democracy versus autocracy over time Secondary Dataset Select Dataset to Compare Format Calc Table Line Chart Bar Chart Map Scatterplot Connected Scatterplot Calc Table Table Clear All Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Baden Bahrain Bangladesh Bavaria Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Myanmar (Burma) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Czechoslovakia Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gran Colombia Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Vietnam North Yemen Norway Oman Orange Free State Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Prussia Romania Russia Rwanda Sardinia Saxony Senegal Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Vietnam South Yemen Soviet Union Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Two Sicilies Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican Venezuela Vietnam West Germany Wurttemberg Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Advanced Settings Region Calculation Sum Average Weighted Average Democracy versus autocracy over time scale 0-10, 1800–2017 Cancel Download Average Sum Average Weighted Average Select Country/Region Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Baden Bahrain Bangladesh Bavaria Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Myanmar (Burma) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Czechoslovakia Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gran Colombia Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Vietnam North Yemen Norway Oman Orange Free State Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Prussia Romania Russia Rwanda Sardinia Saxony Senegal Serbia Serbia and 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Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Vietnam North Yemen Norway Oman Orange Free State Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Prussia Romania Russia Rwanda Sardinia Saxony Senegal Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Vietnam South Yemen Soviet Union Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Two Sicilies Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican Venezuela Vietnam West Germany Wurttemberg Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World 1800 -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country 2017 -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country 1800–2017 SUMMARY -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country
