Main Controls Primary Dataset Democracy versus autocracy over time Secondary Dataset Select Dataset to Compare Format Line Chart Line Chart Bar Chart Map Scatterplot Connected Scatterplot Calc Table Table Countries & Regions Select Countries & Regions Clear All Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Baden Bahrain Bangladesh Bavaria Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Czechoslovakia Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gran Colombia Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Macedonia North Vietnam North Yemen Norway Oman Orange Free State Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Prussia Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Sardinia Saudi Arabia Saxony Senegal Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Vietnam South Yemen Soviet Union Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Two Sicilies Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vatican Venezuela Vietnam West Germany Wurttemberg Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe European Union High Income Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Lower Middle Income Melanesia Middle Africa Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Advanced Settings Show All Countries/Regions Selected Countries/Regions Region Calculation Sum Average Weighted Average Y-Axis Log X-Axis Democracy versus autocracy over time scale -10-10, 1800–2016 Cancel Download