Kenya vs South Korea: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Kenya
2
in 2025
South Korea
2
in 2025
Kenya rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Kenya
- South Korea
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 2 against 2 in South Korea, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 176 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | South Korea |
| 1960s | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | South Korea |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | South Korea |
| 1990s | 1 | 2 | 1 | South Korea |
| 2000s | 1.4 | 2 | 0.6 | South Korea |
| 2010s | 1.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 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, Kenya or South Korea?
- Kenya, at 2 against 2 in South Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Kenya and South Korea?
- 0, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and South Korea?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and South Korea rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Kenya 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.