Colombia vs Germany: Electoral democracy
Colombia
2
in 2025
Germany
2
in 2025
Colombia rank
1st
Germany rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Colombia
- Germany
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2 against 2 in Germany, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 38 times across 170 shared years of data; in 1810 it was Germany ahead.
Colombia ranks 1st and Germany ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 11 and Germany in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Colombia |
| 1830s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1860s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1870s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1880s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1890s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Colombia |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1920s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Germany |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Colombia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 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, Colombia or Germany?
- Colombia, at 2 against 2 in Germany as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Colombia and Germany?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Germany?
- 170 years are reported by both, from 1810 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Germany rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Colombia 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.