Honduras vs Paraguay: Electoral democracy

Honduras
2
in 2025
Paraguay
2
in 2025
Honduras rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Honduras
  • Paraguay
00.511.52181119182025

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 20 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Paraguay ahead.

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

Across the 20 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 11 and Paraguay in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras Paraguay 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 0.4 0.3 Honduras
1880s 1 0.3 0.7 Honduras
1890s 0.5 1 0.5 Paraguay
1900s 0.7 0.9 0.2 Paraguay
1910s 0.8 0 0.8 Honduras
1920s 1 0 1 Honduras
1930s 0.6667 0.5 0.1667 Honduras
1940s 1 0.7778 0.2222 Honduras
1950s 0.7 0.5 0.2 Honduras
1960s 0.1 0.7 0.6 Paraguay
1970s 0.1 1 0.9 Paraguay
1980s 0.8 1 0.2 Paraguay
1990s 1.6 1.7 0.1 Paraguay
2000s 1.9 2 0.1 Paraguay
2010s 1 2 1 Paraguay
2020s 1.67 2 0.3333 Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electoral democracy, Honduras or Paraguay?
Honduras, at 2 against 2 in Paraguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Honduras and Paraguay?
0, with Honduras ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Paraguay?
175 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do Honduras and Paraguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
Honduras ranks 1st and Paraguay 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.