Barbados vs Costa Rica: Electoral democracy
Barbados
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
Across all 187 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Barbados or Costa Rica?
- Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 187 years are reported by both, from 1839 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Costa Rica rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral 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 using the reduced Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies, one-party autocracies, multi-party autocracies without elected executive, multi-party autocracies, exclusive democracies, male democracies, and electoral democracies (including full democracies or polyarchies).