Cape Verde vs Ecuador: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Cape Verde
2
in 2025
Ecuador
2
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Ecuador rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Cape Verde
- Ecuador
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 2 against 2 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ecuador ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Ecuador ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Ecuador |
| 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 Ecuador?
- Cape Verde, at 2 against 2 in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Cape Verde and Ecuador?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Ecuador?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Ecuador rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Ecuador 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.