Egypt vs El Salvador: Democracy

Egypt
3
in 2025
El Salvador
3
in 2025
Egypt rank
116th
El Salvador rank
116th

Democracy over time

  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 3 against 3 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was El Salvador ahead.

Egypt ranks 116th and El Salvador ranks 116th of 198 countries.

Across the 20 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt El Salvador Difference Ahead
1830s 0 0 0
1840s 0 2.4 2.4 El Salvador
1850s 0 2.8 2.8 El Salvador
1860s 0 2.6 2.6 El Salvador
1870s 0 2.8 2.8 El Salvador
1880s 1.4 2.6 1.2 El Salvador
1890s 2 2.6 0.6 El Salvador
1900s 2 3 1 El Salvador
1910s 2 3 1 El Salvador
1920s 1 3 2 El Salvador
1930s 1.4 1.2 0.2 Egypt
1940s 2 0.8 1.2 Egypt
1950s 0.8 3 2.2 El Salvador
1960s 1 1.5 0.5 El Salvador
1970s 1 2.7 1.7 El Salvador
1980s 1 4.2 3.2 El Salvador
1990s 1 6 5 El Salvador
2000s 2 6 4 El Salvador
2010s 2 6.5 4.5 El Salvador
2020s 3 5 2 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Egypt or El Salvador?
Egypt, at 3 against 3 in El Salvador as of 2025.
What is the difference in democracy between Egypt and El Salvador?
0, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and El Salvador?
188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do Egypt and El Salvador rank globally for democracy?
Egypt ranks 116th and El Salvador 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

Indicator
Democracy
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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).