Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Democracy
Cameroon
3
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
3
in 2025
Cameroon rank
116th
Equatorial Guinea rank
116th
Democracy over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 3 against 3 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 116th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 116th of 198 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 3 | 2.4 | 0.6 | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Cameroon, at 3 against 3 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for democracy?
- Cameroon ranks 116th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 116th 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).