Brazil vs Costa Rica: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Brazil
2
in 2025
Costa Rica
2
in 2025
Brazil rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 2 against 2 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Costa Rica in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | Brazil |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Brazil |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.3 | 2 | 0.7 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Brazil, at 2 against 2 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Brazil ranks 1st and Costa Rica 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.