South Korea vs USSR: Electoral democracy
South Korea
1
in 2025
USSR
0
in 1990
South Korea rank
1st
USSR rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- South Korea
- USSR
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 1 against 0 in USSR, a difference of 1.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1948 it was USSR ahead.
South Korea ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 197 countries.
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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).