Congo vs El Salvador: Electoral democracy

Congo
1
in 2025
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Congo rank
87th
El Salvador rank
87th

Electoral democracy over time

  • Congo
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 1 against 1 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1903 it was El Salvador ahead.

Congo ranks 87th and El Salvador ranks 87th of 176 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Congo El Salvador Difference Ahead
1900s 0 0.2857 0.2857 El Salvador
1910s 0 0.5 0.5 El Salvador
1920s 0 0.7 0.7 El Salvador
1930s 0 0.4 0.4 El Salvador
1940s 0 0.2 0.2 El Salvador
1950s 0.3 0.4 0.1 El Salvador
1960s 0.3 0.9 0.6 El Salvador
1970s 0 0.9 0.9 El Salvador
1980s 0 0.5556 0.5556 El Salvador
1990s 0.5 1.1 0.6 El Salvador
2000s 0.8 2 1.2 El Salvador
2010s 1 2 1 El Salvador
2020s 1 1.17 0.1667 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electoral democracy, Congo or El Salvador?
Congo, at 1 against 1 in El Salvador as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Congo and El Salvador?
0, with Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and El Salvador?
122 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
How do Congo and El Salvador rank globally for electoral democracy?
Congo ranks 87th and El Salvador ranks 87th 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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.