Samoa vs Seychelles: Democracy
Samoa
7
in 2025
Seychelles
7
in 2025
Samoa rank
1st
Seychelles rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Samoa
- Seychelles
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 7 against 7 in Seychelles, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Seychelles ahead.
Samoa ranks 1st and Seychelles ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | Samoa |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Samoa |
| 1940s | 2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | Samoa |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 3.6 | 2 | 1.6 | Samoa |
| 1970s | 4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | Samoa |
| 1980s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Samoa |
| 1990s | 7 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Samoa |
| 2000s | 7 | 6 | 1 | Samoa |
| 2010s | 7 | 6 | 1 | Samoa |
| 2020s | 7 | 6.83 | 0.1667 | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Samoa or Seychelles?
- Samoa, at 7 against 7 in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Samoa and Seychelles?
- 0, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Seychelles?
- 123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Samoa and Seychelles rank globally for democracy?
- Samoa ranks 1st and Seychelles 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).