Dominican Republic vs Trinidad and Tobago: Electoral democracy
Dominican Republic
2
in 2025
Trinidad and Tobago
2
in 2025
Dominican Republic rank
1st
Trinidad and Tobago rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Dominican Republic currently reports 2 against 2 in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Dominican Republic ahead.
Dominican Republic ranks 1st and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 3 and Trinidad and Tobago in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Dominican Republic |
| 1910s | 0.4444 | 0 | 0.4444 | Dominican Republic |
| 1920s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Dominican Republic |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1960s | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1970s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1980s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1990s | 1.4 | 2 | 0.6 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- Dominican Republic, at 2 against 2 in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 0, with Dominican Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Dominican Republic ranks 1st and Trinidad and Tobago 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.