Canada vs New Zealand: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Canada
2
in 2025
New Zealand
2
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
New Zealand rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Canada
- New Zealand
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2 against 2 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1841 it was New Zealand ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Canada |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1880s | 1 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1890s | 1 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1900s | 1 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1910s | 1 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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 New Zealand?
- Canada, at 2 against 2 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Canada and New Zealand?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Canada ranks 1st and New Zealand 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.