Germany vs Guatemala: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Germany
2
in 2025
Guatemala
2
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
Guatemala rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Germany
- Guatemala
How they compare
Germany currently reports 2 against 2 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Guatemala ahead.
Germany ranks 1st and Guatemala ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 4 and Guatemala in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Guatemala | 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 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Guatemala |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Germany |
| 1920s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Germany |
| 1930s | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | Germany |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Germany |
| 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, Germany or Guatemala?
- Germany, at 2 against 2 in Guatemala as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Germany and Guatemala?
- 0, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Guatemala?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Guatemala rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Germany ranks 1st and Guatemala 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.
Individual pages
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.