Chile vs United Kingdom: Electoral democracy
Chile
2
in 2025
United Kingdom
2
in 2025
Chile rank
1st
United Kingdom rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Chile
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Chile currently reports 2 against 2 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.
Across all 234 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.
Chile ranks 1st and United Kingdom ranks 1st of 176 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom |
| 1800s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United Kingdom |
| 1810s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | United Kingdom |
| 1820s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | United Kingdom |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | United Kingdom |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | United Kingdom |
| 1920s | 0.5 | 2 | 1.5 | United Kingdom |
| 1930s | 0.8889 | 2 | 1.11 | United Kingdom |
| 1940s | 1 | 2 | 1 | United Kingdom |
| 1950s | 1.1 | 2 | 0.9 | United Kingdom |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 2 | 1.4 | United Kingdom |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | United Kingdom |
| 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 United Kingdom?
- Chile, at 2 against 2 in United Kingdom as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Chile and United Kingdom?
- 0, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and United Kingdom?
- 234 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Chile and United Kingdom rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Chile ranks 1st and United Kingdom 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.