Honduras vs Jamaica: Electoral democracy

Honduras
2
in 2025
Jamaica
2
in 2025
Honduras rank
1st
Jamaica rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Honduras
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Honduras currently reports 2 against 2 in Jamaica, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 114 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Honduras ahead.

Honduras ranks 1st and Jamaica ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 5 and Jamaica in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras Jamaica Difference Ahead
1900s 0.7 0 0.7 Honduras
1910s 0.8 0 0.8 Honduras
1920s 1 0 1 Honduras
1930s 0.6667 0 0.6667 Honduras
1940s 1 0 1 Honduras
1950s 0.7 1.1 0.4 Jamaica
1960s 0.1 2 1.9 Jamaica
1970s 0.1 1.7 1.6 Jamaica
1980s 0.8 1.6 0.8 Jamaica
1990s 1.6 2 0.4 Jamaica
2000s 1.9 2 0.1 Jamaica
2010s 1 2 1 Jamaica
2020s 1.67 2 0.3333 Jamaica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electoral democracy, Honduras or Jamaica?
Honduras, at 2 against 2 in Jamaica as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Honduras and Jamaica?
0, with Honduras ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Jamaica?
114 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Honduras and Jamaica rank globally for electoral democracy?
Honduras ranks 1st and Jamaica 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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.