Chile vs Peru: Electoral democracy
Chile
2
in 2025
Peru
2
in 2025
Chile rank
1st
Peru rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Chile
- Peru
How they compare
Chile currently reports 2 against 2 in Peru, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1821 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 1st and Peru ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 14 and Peru in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0.3333 | 0.7778 | 0.4444 | Peru |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Chile |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Chile |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.6667 | 0.3333 | Chile |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.125 | 0.875 | Chile |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Chile |
| 1920s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Peru |
| 1930s | 0.8889 | 0.2222 | 0.6667 | Chile |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Chile |
| 1950s | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | Chile |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Chile |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Chile |
| 1980s | 0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | Peru |
| 1990s | 2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Chile |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.9 | 0.1 | Chile |
| 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 Peru?
- Chile, at 2 against 2 in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Chile and Peru?
- 0, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Peru?
- 196 years are reported by both, from 1821 to 2025.
- How do Chile and Peru rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Chile ranks 1st and Peru 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.