Namibia vs Samoa: Democracy
Namibia
7
in 2025
Samoa
7
in 2025
Namibia rank
1st
Samoa rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Namibia
- Samoa
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 7 against 7 in Samoa, a difference of 0.
Across all 124 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 1st and Samoa ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | Samoa |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 3.6 | 1.6 | Samoa |
| 1970s | 2 | 4 | 2 | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.8 | 4 | 3.2 | Samoa |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Namibia or Samoa?
- Namibia, at 7 against 7 in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Namibia and Samoa?
- 0, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Samoa?
- 124 years are reported by both, from 1902 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and Samoa rank globally for democracy?
- Namibia ranks 1st and Samoa 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).