Colombia vs Senegal: Electoral democracy
Colombia
2
in 2025
Senegal
2
in 2025
Colombia rank
1st
Senegal rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Colombia
- Senegal
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2 against 2 in Senegal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Senegal ahead.
Colombia ranks 1st and Senegal ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 5 and Senegal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1950s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Senegal |
| 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 Senegal?
- Colombia, at 2 against 2 in Senegal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Colombia and Senegal?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Senegal?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Senegal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Colombia ranks 1st and Senegal 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.