Bulgaria vs Slovenia: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Bulgaria
2
in 2025
Slovenia
2
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Slovenia rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Bulgaria
- Slovenia
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 2 against 2 in Slovenia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 219 shared years of data; in 1804 it was Slovenia ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Slovenia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and Slovenia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Slovenia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Bulgaria |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Slovenia |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 Slovenia?
- Bulgaria, at 2 against 2 in Slovenia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bulgaria and Slovenia?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Slovenia?
- 219 years are reported by both, from 1804 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Slovenia rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Slovenia 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.