Maldives vs Marshall Islands: Electoral democracy
Maldives
1
in 2025
Marshall Islands
1
in 2025
Maldives rank
1st
Marshall Islands rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 1 against 1 in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.
Across all 151 years both countries report, Marshall Islands has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 1st and Marshall Islands ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Marshall Islands |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Marshall Islands |
| 2000s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Marshall Islands |
| 2010s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Marshall Islands |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Maldives or Marshall Islands?
- Maldives, at 1 against 1 in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Maldives and Marshall Islands?
- 0, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Marshall Islands?
- 151 years are reported by both, from 1875 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Marshall Islands rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Maldives ranks 1st and Marshall Islands 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).