Canada vs Ecuador: Electoral democracy
Canada
2
in 2025
Ecuador
2
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
Ecuador rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Canada
- Ecuador
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2 against 2 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 178 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Ecuador ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and Ecuador ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 11 and Ecuador in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0.2222 | 0.2222 | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.1111 | 0.8889 | Canada |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.7778 | 0.2222 | Canada |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Canada |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Canada |
| 1920s | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1 | Canada |
| 1930s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Canada |
| 1940s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Canada |
| 1950s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Canada |
| 1970s | 2 | 0.2222 | 1.78 | Canada |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 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, Canada or Ecuador?
- Canada, at 2 against 2 in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Canada and Ecuador?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Ecuador?
- 178 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Ecuador rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Canada 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.