Taiwan vs East Timor: Electoral democracy
Taiwan
1
in 2025
East Timor
1
in 2025
Taiwan rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Taiwan
- East Timor
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports 1 against 1 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 131 shared years of data; in 1895 it was East Timor ahead.
Taiwan ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Taiwan has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Taiwan | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Taiwan |
| 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, Taiwan or East Timor?
- Taiwan, at 1 against 1 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Taiwan and East Timor?
- 0, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Taiwan and East Timor?
- 131 years are reported by both, from 1895 to 2025.
- How do Taiwan and East Timor rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Taiwan ranks 1st and East Timor 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).