Cape Verde vs Costa Rica: Electoral democracy (Lexical Index)
Cape Verde
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Electoral democracy (Lexical Index) over time
- Cape Verde
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
Across all 188 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | 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 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Cape Verde or Costa Rica?
- Cape Verde, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Cape Verde and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Costa Rica?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Costa Rica rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 198 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).