El Salvador vs Ethiopia: Democracy
El Salvador
3
in 2025
Ethiopia
3
in 2025
El Salvador rank
116th
Ethiopia rank
116th
Democracy over time
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 3 against 3 in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Ethiopia ahead.
El Salvador ranks 116th and Ethiopia ranks 116th of 198 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 2.4 | 0 | 2.4 | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 2.8 | 0 | 2.8 | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 2.6 | 0 | 2.6 | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 2.8 | 0 | 2.8 | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 2.6 | 0 | 2.6 | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 2.6 | 0 | 2.6 | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 3 | 0 | 3 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 3 | 0 | 3 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 3 | 0 | 3 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 3 | 0 | 3 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 2.7 | 0 | 2.7 | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 4.2 | 0.3 | 3.9 | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 6 | 1.9 | 4.1 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 6 | 3 | 3 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 6.5 | 1 | 5.5 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 5 | 2.67 | 2.33 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, El Salvador or Ethiopia?
- El Salvador, at 3 against 3 in Ethiopia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between El Salvador and Ethiopia?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Ethiopia?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Ethiopia rank globally for democracy?
- El Salvador ranks 116th and Ethiopia 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).