Ecuador vs East Timor: Electoral democracy

Ecuador
2
in 2025
East Timor
2
in 2025
Ecuador rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Ecuador
  • East Timor
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 2 against 2 in East Timor, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador East Timor Difference Ahead
1900s 0.6 0 0.6 Ecuador
1910s 0.9 0 0.9 Ecuador
1920s 0.9 0 0.9 Ecuador
1930s 0.7 0 0.7 Ecuador
1940s 0.7 0 0.7 Ecuador
1950s 1 0 1 Ecuador
1960s 0.5 0 0.5 Ecuador
1970s 0.2222 0 0.2222 Ecuador
1980s 2 0 2 Ecuador
1990s 2 0 2 Ecuador
2000s 2 1.7 0.3 Ecuador
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 East Timor?
Ecuador, at 2 against 2 in East Timor as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Ecuador and East Timor?
0, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and East Timor?
125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Ecuador and East Timor rank globally for electoral democracy?
Ecuador ranks 1st and East Timor 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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.