Cape Verde vs Chile: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Cape Verde
2
in 2025
Chile
2
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Chile rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Cape Verde
- Chile
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 2 against 2 in Chile, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Chile ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Chile ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Chile in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Chile | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Chile |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Chile |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Chile |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Chile |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Chile |
| 1950s | 0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | Chile |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Chile |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Chile |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Chile |
| 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, Cape Verde or Chile?
- Cape Verde, at 2 against 2 in Chile as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Cape Verde and Chile?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Chile?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Chile rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Chile 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.