South Korea vs Romania: Electoral democracy
South Korea
2
in 2025
Romania
2
in 2025
South Korea rank
1st
Romania rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- South Korea
- Romania
How they compare
South Korea currently reports 2 against 2 in Romania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 195 shared years of data; in 1831 it was Romania ahead.
South Korea ranks 1st and Romania ranks 1st of 176 countries.
South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Korea | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | South Korea |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | South Korea |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | South Korea |
| 1980s | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | South Korea |
| 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, South Korea or Romania?
- South Korea, at 2 against 2 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between South Korea and Romania?
- 0, with South Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Romania?
- 195 years are reported by both, from 1831 to 2025.
- How do South Korea and Romania rank globally for electoral democracy?
- South Korea ranks 1st and Romania 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.