Colombia vs Dominican Republic: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Colombia
2
in 2025
Dominican Republic
2
in 2025
Colombia rank
1st
Dominican Republic rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2 against 2 in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 34 times across 216 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Dominican Republic ahead.
Colombia ranks 1st and Dominican Republic ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 13 and Dominican Republic in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Dominican Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0.6667 | 0 | 0.6667 | Colombia |
| 1840s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1850s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1860s | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Colombia |
| 1870s | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | Colombia |
| 1880s | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | Dominican Republic |
| 1890s | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Colombia |
| 1900s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Dominican Republic |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | Colombia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | Dominican Republic |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 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, Colombia or Dominican Republic?
- Colombia, at 2 against 2 in Dominican Republic as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Colombia and Dominican Republic?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Dominican Republic?
- 216 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Dominican Republic rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Colombia ranks 1st and Dominican Republic 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.