Ireland vs Maldives: Electoral democracy
Ireland
2
in 2025
Maldives
2
in 2025
Ireland rank
1st
Maldives rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Ireland
- Maldives
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 2 against 2 in Maldives, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ireland |
| 1910s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Ireland |
| 1920s | 1.7 | 0 | 1.7 | Ireland |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Ireland |
| 1940s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Ireland |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Ireland |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Ireland |
| 1970s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | Ireland |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ireland |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ireland |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ireland |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Ireland |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Ireland or Maldives?
- Ireland, at 2 against 2 in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Ireland and Maldives?
- 0, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Maldives?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Maldives rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Ireland ranks 1st and Maldives 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.