Chile vs Germany: Electoral democracy
Chile
2
in 2025
Germany
2
in 2025
Chile rank
1st
Germany rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Chile
- Germany
How they compare
Chile currently reports 2 against 2 in Germany, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Germany ahead.
Chile ranks 1st and Germany ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 13 and Germany in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Chile |
| 1820s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Chile |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1890s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Chile |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Chile |
| 1920s | 0.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Germany |
| 1930s | 0.8889 | 0.5556 | 0.3333 | Chile |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 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, Chile or Germany?
- Chile, at 2 against 2 in Germany as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Chile and Germany?
- 0, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Germany?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Germany rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Chile ranks 1st and Germany 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.