Canada vs Israel: Electoral democracy
Canada
2
in 2025
Israel
2
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
Israel rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Canada
- Israel
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2 against 2 in Israel, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 157 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Israel ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and Israel ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Israel | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Canada |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1940s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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 Israel?
- Canada, at 2 against 2 in Israel as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Canada and Israel?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Israel?
- 157 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Israel rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Canada ranks 1st and Israel 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.