El Salvador vs Mexico: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Mexico
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
87th
Mexico rank
87th
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- El Salvador
- Mexico
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Mexico, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 184 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Mexico ahead.
El Salvador ranks 87th and Mexico ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 8 and Mexico in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.5556 | 0.2222 | 0.3333 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.625 | 1 | 0.375 | Mexico |
| 1930s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Mexico |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 1 | 0.8 | Mexico |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Mexico |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Mexico |
| 1970s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Mexico |
| 1980s | 0.5556 | 1 | 0.4444 | Mexico |
| 1990s | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | Mexico |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1.17 | 1.67 | 0.5 | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, El Salvador or Mexico?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Mexico as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between El Salvador and Mexico?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mexico?
- 184 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Mexico rank globally for electoral democracy?
- El Salvador ranks 87th and Mexico ranks 87th 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.