Belgium vs Cape Verde: Electoral democracy
Belgium
2
in 2025
Cape Verde
2
in 2025
Belgium rank
1st
Cape Verde rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Belgium
- Cape Verde
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 2 against 2 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 1st and Cape Verde ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Cape Verde | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Belgium |
| 1910s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Belgium |
| 1920s | 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 | Belgium |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Belgium |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Belgium |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Belgium |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Belgium |
| 1970s | 2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | Belgium |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | Belgium |
| 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, Belgium or Cape Verde?
- Belgium, at 2 against 2 in Cape Verde as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Belgium and Cape Verde?
- 0, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Cape Verde?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Cape Verde rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Belgium ranks 1st and Cape Verde 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.