Estonia vs Israel: Electoral democracy
Estonia
2
in 2025
Israel
2
in 2025
Estonia rank
1st
Israel rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Estonia
- Israel
How they compare
Estonia currently reports 2 against 2 in Israel, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 209 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Israel ahead.
Estonia ranks 1st and Israel ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 1 and Israel in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Israel | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Estonia |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Israel |
| 1950s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Israel |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Israel |
| 1970s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Israel |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Israel |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Israel |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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, Estonia or Israel?
- Estonia, at 2 against 2 in Israel as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Estonia and Israel?
- 0, with Estonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Israel?
- 209 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Estonia and Israel rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Estonia ranks 1st and Israel 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
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.