El Salvador vs Thailand: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Thailand
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
87th
Thailand rank
87th
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- El Salvador
- Thailand
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Thailand, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 34 times across 187 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Thailand ahead.
El Salvador ranks 87th and Thailand ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 15 and Thailand in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Thailand |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Thailand |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.5556 | 1 | 0.4444 | Thailand |
| 1990s | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.17 | 0.5 | 0.6667 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, El Salvador or Thailand?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Thailand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between El Salvador and Thailand?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Thailand?
- 187 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Thailand rank globally for electoral democracy?
- El Salvador ranks 87th and Thailand 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.