Ecuador vs Portugal: Electoral democracy
Ecuador
2
in 2025
Portugal
2
in 2025
Ecuador rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Ecuador
- Portugal
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 2 against 2 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 189 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Portugal ahead.
Ecuador ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 11 and Portugal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0.2222 | 0 | 0.2222 | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 0.25 | 0 | 0.25 | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0.1111 | 0 | 0.1111 | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 0.7778 | 0 | 0.7778 | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.2222 | 0.8889 | 0.6667 | Portugal |
| 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 Portugal?
- Ecuador, at 2 against 2 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Ecuador and Portugal?
- 0, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Portugal?
- 189 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Portugal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Ecuador 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.