Bulgaria vs Greece: Electoral democracy

Bulgaria
2
in 2025
Greece
2
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Greece rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Greece
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 2 against 2 in Greece, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 235 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Greece ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 1st and Greece ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Across the 25 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Greece in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Greece Difference Ahead
1780s 0 0 0
1790s 0 0 0
1800s 0 0 0
1810s 0 0 0
1820s 0 0 0
1830s 0 0 0
1840s 0 0 0
1850s 0 0 0
1860s 0 0 0
1870s 0 0.5 0.5 Greece
1880s 0.1 1 0.9 Greece
1890s 0 1 1 Greece
1900s 0 1 1 Greece
1910s 0 0.875 0.875 Greece
1920s 0 1 1 Greece
1930s 0 0.5 0.5 Greece
1940s 0.6 0.3 0.3 Bulgaria
1950s 0 1 1 Greece
1960s 0 0.7 0.7 Greece
1970s 0 1.1 1.1 Greece
1980s 0 2 2 Greece
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, Bulgaria or Greece?
Bulgaria, at 2 against 2 in Greece as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bulgaria and Greece?
0, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Greece?
235 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and Greece rank globally for electoral democracy?
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Greece 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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.