Ecuador vs Guatemala: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Ecuador
2
in 2025
Guatemala
2
in 2025
Ecuador rank
1st
Guatemala rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 2 against 2 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 193 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Guatemala ahead.
Ecuador ranks 1st and Guatemala ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 9 and Guatemala in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Guatemala |
| 1900s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.2 | 1 | 0.8 | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 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, Ecuador or Guatemala?
- Ecuador, at 2 against 2 in Guatemala as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Ecuador and Guatemala?
- 0, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Guatemala?
- 193 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Guatemala rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Ecuador ranks 1st and Guatemala 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.