Cape Verde vs Maldives: Electoral democracy

Cape Verde
2
in 2025
Maldives
2
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Maldives
00.511.52190019622025

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 2 against 2 in Maldives, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Maldives ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Maldives in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Maldives Difference Ahead
1900s 0 0 0
1910s 0 0 0
1920s 0 0 0
1930s 0 0 0
1940s 0 0 0
1950s 0 0 0
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0.1 0.5 0.4 Maldives
1980s 1 1 0
1990s 1.9 1 0.9 Cape Verde
2000s 2 1 1 Cape Verde
2010s 2 1.4 0.6 Cape Verde
2020s 2 2 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electoral democracy, Cape Verde or Maldives?
Cape Verde, at 2 against 2 in Maldives as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Cape Verde and Maldives?
0, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Maldives?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and Maldives rank globally for electoral democracy?
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Maldives 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.