Portugal vs San Marino: Democracy
Portugal
7
in 2025
San Marino
7
in 2025
Portugal rank
1st
San Marino rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Portugal
- San Marino
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 7 against 7 in San Marino, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was San Marino ahead.
Portugal ranks 1st and San Marino ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 10 and San Marino in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | San Marino | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1830s | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | Portugal |
| 1840s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1850s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1860s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1870s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1880s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1890s | 1.7 | 0 | 1.7 | Portugal |
| 1900s | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | Portugal |
| 1910s | 2.4 | 5 | 2.6 | San Marino |
| 1920s | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1.6 | 1 | 0.6 | Portugal |
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 3 | 5.6 | 2.6 | San Marino |
| 1960s | 3 | 7 | 4 | San Marino |
| 1970s | 4.2 | 7 | 2.8 | San Marino |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 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, Portugal or San Marino?
- Portugal, at 7 against 7 in San Marino as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Portugal and San Marino?
- 0, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and San Marino?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Portugal and San Marino rank globally for democracy?
- Portugal ranks 1st and San Marino 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).