Cape Verde vs Netherlands: Electoral democracy
Cape Verde
2
in 2025
Netherlands
2
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Cape Verde
- Netherlands
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 2 against 2 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 2 | 1.9 | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Netherlands |
| 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 Netherlands?
- Cape Verde, at 2 against 2 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Cape Verde and Netherlands?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Netherlands?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Netherlands rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Netherlands 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.