Ecuador vs Uruguay: Direct Democracy Index
Ecuador
0.551
in 2025
Uruguay
0.618
in 2025
Ecuador rank
3rd
Uruguay rank
2nd
Direct Democracy Index over time
- Ecuador
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.618 against 0.551 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.067.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.
Ecuador ranks 3rd and Uruguay ranks 2nd 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.