Afghanistan vs China: Democracy
Afghanistan
0
in 2025
China
0
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
176th
China rank
176th
Democracy over time
- Afghanistan
- China
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 0 against 0 in China, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was China ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 176th and China ranks 176th of 198 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 10 and China in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | China |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | China |
| 1930s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Afghanistan |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Afghanistan |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 1.6 | 0 | 1.6 | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1.3 | 0 | 1.3 | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 1.4 | 0 | 1.4 | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 1.6 | 0 | 1.6 | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Afghanistan or China?
- Afghanistan, at 0 against 0 in China as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Afghanistan and China?
- 0, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and China?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and China rank globally for democracy?
- Afghanistan ranks 176th and China ranks 176th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).