Israel vs Nigeria: Electoral democracy
Israel
2
in 2025
Nigeria
2
in 2025
Israel rank
1st
Nigeria rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Israel
- Nigeria
How they compare
Israel currently reports 2 against 2 in Nigeria, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 84 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Nigeria ahead.
Israel ranks 1st and Nigeria ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Israel |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Israel |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Israel |
| 1970s | 2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | Israel |
| 1980s | 2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | Israel |
| 1990s | 2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | Israel |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Israel |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | Israel |
| 2020s | 2 | 1.33 | 0.6667 | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Israel or Nigeria?
- Israel, at 2 against 2 in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Israel and Nigeria?
- 0, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Nigeria?
- 84 years are reported by both, from 1914 to 2025.
- How do Israel and Nigeria rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Israel ranks 1st and Nigeria 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.