Ecuador vs Norway: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Ecuador
2
in 2025
Norway
2
in 2025
Ecuador rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Ecuador
- Norway
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 2 against 2 in Norway, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Norway ahead.
Ecuador ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Norway |
| 1890s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | Norway |
| 1900s | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Norway |
| 1910s | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | Norway |
| 1920s | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | Norway |
| 1930s | 0.7 | 2 | 1.3 | Norway |
| 1940s | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | Norway |
| 1950s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Norway |
| 1960s | 0.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.2 | 2 | 1.8 | Norway |
| 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, Ecuador or Norway?
- Ecuador, at 2 against 2 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Ecuador and Norway?
- 0, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Norway?
- 196 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Norway rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Ecuador ranks 1st and Norway 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.