Tajikistan vs Uzbekistan: Democracy
Tajikistan
3
in 2025
Uzbekistan
3
in 2025
Tajikistan rank
116th
Uzbekistan rank
116th
Democracy over time
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
How they compare
Tajikistan currently reports 3 against 3 in Uzbekistan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1868 it was Uzbekistan ahead.
Tajikistan ranks 116th and Uzbekistan ranks 116th of 198 countries.
Tajikistan has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tajikistan | Uzbekistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2.8 | 2.2 | 0.6 | Tajikistan |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Tajikistan or Uzbekistan?
- Tajikistan, at 3 against 3 in Uzbekistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan?
- 0, with Tajikistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1868 to 2025.
- How do Tajikistan and Uzbekistan rank globally for democracy?
- Tajikistan ranks 116th and Uzbekistan 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).