Cape Verde vs Senegal: Electoral democracy
Cape Verde
1
in 2025
Senegal
1
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Senegal rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Cape Verde
- Senegal
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 1 against 1 in Senegal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Senegal ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Senegal ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Cape Verde |
| 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 Senegal?
- Cape Verde, at 1 against 1 in Senegal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Cape Verde and Senegal?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Senegal?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Senegal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Senegal 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).