Cyprus vs Ecuador: Electoral democracy
Cyprus
2
in 2025
Ecuador
2
in 2025
Cyprus rank
1st
Ecuador rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Cyprus
- Ecuador
How they compare
Cyprus currently reports 2 against 2 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ecuador ahead.
Cyprus ranks 1st and Ecuador ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 2 and Ecuador in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cyprus | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Cyprus |
| 1970s | 1.56 | 0.2222 | 1.33 | Cyprus |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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, Cyprus or Ecuador?
- Cyprus, at 2 against 2 in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Cyprus and Ecuador?
- 0, with Cyprus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Ecuador?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Cyprus and Ecuador rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Cyprus ranks 1st and Ecuador 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.