El Salvador vs Sierra Leone: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Sierra Leone
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
87th
Sierra Leone rank
87th
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- El Salvador
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 87th and Sierra Leone ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 10 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.5556 | 1 | 0.4444 | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1.17 | 1.5 | 0.3333 | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, El Salvador or Sierra Leone?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between El Salvador and Sierra Leone?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sierra Leone?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Sierra Leone rank globally for electoral democracy?
- El Salvador ranks 87th and Sierra Leone 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.