Bulgaria vs United States: Democracy
Bulgaria
7
in 2025
United States
7
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- United States
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 7 against 7 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1878 it was United States ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 198 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 | 4 | 3 | United States |
| 1880s | 1.7 | 4 | 2.3 | United States |
| 1890s | 2 | 4 | 2 | United States |
| 1900s | 2 | 4 | 2 | United States |
| 1910s | 2.1 | 4 | 1.9 | United States |
| 1920s | 3 | 4 | 1 | United States |
| 1930s | 2.2 | 4 | 1.8 | United States |
| 1940s | 2.1 | 4 | 1.9 | United States |
| 1950s | 1 | 4 | 3 | United States |
| 1960s | 1 | 5.5 | 4.5 | United States |
| 1970s | 1 | 7 | 6 | United States |
| 1980s | 1 | 7 | 6 | United States |
| 1990s | 6 | 7 | 1 | United States |
| 2000s | 6.9 | 7 | 0.1 | United States |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bulgaria or United States?
- Bulgaria, at 7 against 7 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bulgaria and United States?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and United States?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and United States rank globally for democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st 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).