Ecuador vs Romania: Direct Democracy Index

Ecuador
0.551
in 2025
Romania
0.403
in 2025
Ecuador rank
3rd
Romania rank
6th

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Ecuador
  • Romania
00.20.40.6190019622025

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.551 against 0.403 in Romania, a difference of 0.148.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.4 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Romania ahead.

Ecuador ranks 3rd and Romania ranks 6th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Direct Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.