France vs East Timor: Electoral democracy
France
2
in 2025
East Timor
2
in 2025
France rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- France
- East Timor
How they compare
France currently reports 2 against 2 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was France ahead.
France ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 176 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1910s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1920s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | France |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1970s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1990s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | France |
| 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, France or East Timor?
- France, at 2 against 2 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between France and East Timor?
- 0, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and East Timor?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do France and East Timor rank globally for electoral democracy?
- France ranks 1st and East Timor 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.