Ecuador vs Taiwan: Direct Democracy Index
Ecuador
0.551
in 2025
Taiwan
0.518
in 2025
Ecuador rank
3rd
Taiwan rank
4th
Direct Democracy Index over time
- Ecuador
- Taiwan
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.551 against 0.518 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.033.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Taiwan ahead.
Ecuador ranks 3rd and Taiwan ranks 4th of 175 countries.
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About this data
Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.