Bolivia vs Jamaica: Electoral democracy
Bolivia
2
in 2025
Jamaica
2
in 2025
Bolivia rank
1st
Jamaica rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Bolivia
- Jamaica
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 2 against 2 in Jamaica, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Bolivia ahead.
Bolivia ranks 1st and Jamaica ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 5 and Jamaica in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bolivia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bolivia |
| 1920s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Bolivia |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Bolivia |
| 1940s | 0.4444 | 0 | 0.4444 | Bolivia |
| 1950s | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 1.83 | 2 | 0.1667 | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Bolivia or Jamaica?
- Bolivia, at 2 against 2 in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bolivia and Jamaica?
- 0, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Jamaica?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bolivia and Jamaica rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bolivia ranks 1st and Jamaica 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.