Belgium vs Paraguay: Electoral democracy
Belgium
2
in 2025
Paraguay
2
in 2025
Belgium rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Belgium
- Paraguay
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 2 against 2 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 214 shared years of data; in 1811 it was Paraguay ahead.
Belgium ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Belgium |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1870s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Belgium |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Belgium |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Belgium |
| 1910s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Belgium |
| 1920s | 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 | Belgium |
| 1930s | 2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | Belgium |
| 1940s | 0.8889 | 0.7778 | 0.1111 | Belgium |
| 1950s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Belgium |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Belgium |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Belgium |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 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 Paraguay?
- Belgium, at 2 against 2 in Paraguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Belgium and Paraguay?
- 0, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Paraguay?
- 214 years are reported by both, from 1811 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Paraguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Belgium ranks 1st and Paraguay 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.