El Salvador vs Singapore: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Singapore
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
87th
Singapore rank
87th
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- El Salvador
- Singapore
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Singapore, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 24 times across 157 shared years of data; in 1868 it was Singapore ahead.
El Salvador ranks 87th and Singapore ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 12 and Singapore in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0.5 | 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 | 0.5 | 0.1 | Singapore |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Singapore |
| 1970s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Singapore |
| 1980s | 0.5556 | 1 | 0.4444 | Singapore |
| 1990s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 2 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.17 | 1 | 0.1667 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, El Salvador or Singapore?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between El Salvador and Singapore?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Singapore?
- 157 years are reported by both, from 1868 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Singapore rank globally for electoral democracy?
- El Salvador ranks 87th and Singapore 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.