Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Costa Rica
2
in 2025
Paraguay
2
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Costa Rica
- Paraguay
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2 against 2 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Paraguay ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 10 and Paraguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Paraguay |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Paraguay |
| 1890s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Paraguay |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Costa Rica or Paraguay?
- Costa Rica, at 2 against 2 in Paraguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Paraguay?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Paraguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Paraguay 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.