Argentina vs Ecuador: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Argentina
2
in 2025
Ecuador
2
in 2025
Argentina rank
1st
Ecuador rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Argentina
- Ecuador
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 2 against 2 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Ecuador ahead.
Argentina ranks 1st and Ecuador ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 12 and Ecuador in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Argentina |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Argentina |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Argentina |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Argentina |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Argentina |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Argentina |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Argentina |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Argentina |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Argentina |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | Argentina |
| 1950s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | Argentina |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Argentina |
| 1980s | 1.3 | 2 | 0.7 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Argentina or Ecuador?
- Argentina, at 2 against 2 in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Argentina and Ecuador?
- 0, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Ecuador?
- 196 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2025.
- How do Argentina and Ecuador rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Argentina ranks 1st and Ecuador ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (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 Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.