Ecuador vs East Timor: Electoral democracy

Ecuador
1
in 2025
East Timor
1
in 2025
Ecuador rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Ecuador
  • East Timor
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 1 against 1 in East Timor, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 167 shared years of data; in 1859 it was East Timor ahead.

Ecuador ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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).