Czechia vs United States: Electoral democracy
Czechia
1
in 2025
United States
1
in 2025
Czechia rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Czechia
- United States
How they compare
Czechia currently reports 1 against 1 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1918 it was United States ahead.
Czechia ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 3 and United States in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Czechia | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Czechia |
| 1930s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Czechia |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Czechia |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | United States |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 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, Czechia or United States?
- Czechia, at 1 against 1 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Czechia and United States?
- 0, with Czechia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and United States?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1918 to 2025.
- How do Czechia and United States rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Czechia ranks 1st and United States 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).