Honduras vs South Korea: Electoral democracy

Honduras
2
in 2025
South Korea
2
in 2025
Honduras rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Honduras
  • South Korea
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 20 times across 176 shared years of data; in 1838 it was South Korea ahead.

Honduras ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Across the 20 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 12 and South Korea in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras South Korea Difference Ahead
1830s 0.5 0 0.5 Honduras
1840s 0.6 0 0.6 Honduras
1850s 1 0 1 Honduras
1860s 0.9 0 0.9 Honduras
1870s 0.7 0 0.7 Honduras
1880s 1 0 1 Honduras
1890s 0.5 0 0.5 Honduras
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 0.2 0.8 Honduras
1950s 0.7 1 0.3 South Korea
1960s 0.1 0.9 0.8 South Korea
1970s 0.1 1 0.9 South Korea
1980s 0.8 1.2 0.4 South Korea
1990s 1.6 2 0.4 South Korea
2000s 1.9 2 0.1 South Korea
2010s 1 2 1 South Korea
2020s 1.67 2 0.3333 South Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electoral democracy, Honduras or South Korea?
Honduras, at 2 against 2 in South Korea as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Honduras and South Korea?
0, with Honduras ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and South Korea?
176 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do Honduras and South Korea rank globally for electoral democracy?
Honduras 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

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.