Guatemala vs South Korea: Electoral democracy
Guatemala
2
in 2025
South Korea
2
in 2025
Guatemala rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Guatemala
- South Korea
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 2 against 2 in South Korea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 233 shared years of data; in 1789 it was South Korea ahead.
Guatemala ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 4 and South Korea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | South Korea | 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 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Guatemala |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Guatemala |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Guatemala |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Guatemala |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | South Korea |
| 1960s | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | South Korea |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | South Korea |
| 1990s | 1 | 2 | 1 | South Korea |
| 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, Guatemala or South Korea?
- Guatemala, at 2 against 2 in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Guatemala and South Korea?
- 0, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and South Korea?
- 233 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Guatemala and South Korea rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Guatemala ranks 1st and South Korea 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.