Jamaica vs South Korea: Electoral democracy
Jamaica
2
in 2025
South Korea
2
in 2025
Jamaica rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Jamaica
- South Korea
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 2 against 2 in South Korea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was South Korea ahead.
Jamaica ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 4 and South Korea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | South Korea |
| 1950s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 1.7 | 1 | 0.7 | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Jamaica or South Korea?
- Jamaica, at 2 against 2 in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Jamaica and South Korea?
- 0, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and South Korea?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and South Korea rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Jamaica 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
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.