Dominican Republic vs Portugal: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Dominican Republic
2
in 2025
Portugal
2
in 2025
Dominican Republic rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
How they compare
Dominican Republic currently reports 2 against 2 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 24 times across 216 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Portugal ahead.
Dominican Republic ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 9 and Portugal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Dominican Republic |
| 1850s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Dominican Republic |
| 1860s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Dominican Republic |
| 1870s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Dominican Republic |
| 1880s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Dominican Republic |
| 1890s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Dominican Republic |
| 1900s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Dominican Republic |
| 1910s | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | Portugal |
| 1920s | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | Portugal |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Portugal |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | Dominican Republic |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Dominican Republic |
| 1980s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | Portugal |
| 1990s | 1.4 | 2 | 0.6 | Portugal |
| 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, Dominican Republic or Portugal?
- Dominican Republic, at 2 against 2 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Dominican Republic and Portugal?
- 0, with Dominican Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Portugal?
- 216 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Dominican Republic and Portugal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Dominican Republic ranks 1st and Portugal 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.