Bolivia vs Paraguay: Electoral democracy
Bolivia
2
in 2025
Paraguay
2
in 2025
Bolivia rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Bolivia
- Paraguay
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 2 against 2 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 24 times across 199 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Paraguay ahead.
Bolivia ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 12 and Paraguay in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Bolivia |
| 1840s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Bolivia |
| 1850s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Bolivia |
| 1860s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Bolivia |
| 1870s | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Paraguay |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Bolivia |
| 1890s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Paraguay |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Bolivia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bolivia |
| 1920s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Bolivia |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Bolivia |
| 1940s | 0.5 | 0.75 | 0.25 | Paraguay |
| 1950s | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Bolivia |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | Bolivia |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | Bolivia |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 1.83 | 2 | 0.1667 | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Bolivia or Paraguay?
- Bolivia, at 2 against 2 in Paraguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bolivia and Paraguay?
- 0, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Paraguay?
- 199 years are reported by both, from 1825 to 2025.
- How do Bolivia and Paraguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bolivia 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.