Chile vs Gambia: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Chile
2
in 2025
Gambia
2
in 2025
Chile rank
1st
Gambia rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Chile
- Gambia
How they compare
Chile currently reports 2 against 2 in Gambia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 1st and Gambia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 11 and Gambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1920s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Chile |
| 1930s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Chile |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1950s | 1.1 | 0 | 1.1 | Chile |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | Chile |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Gambia |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Gambia |
| 1990s | 2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | Chile |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Chile |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Chile |
| 2020s | 2 | 1.83 | 0.1667 | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Chile or Gambia?
- Chile, at 2 against 2 in Gambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Chile and Gambia?
- 0, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Gambia?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Gambia rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Chile ranks 1st and Gambia 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.