Latvia vs East Timor: Electoral democracy

Latvia
2
in 2025
East Timor
2
in 2025
Latvia rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Latvia
  • East Timor
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How they compare

Latvia currently reports 2 against 2 in East Timor, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was East Timor ahead.

Latvia ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia East Timor Difference Ahead
1900s 0 0 0
1910s 0.1 0 0.1 Latvia
1920s 1.7 0 1.7 Latvia
1930s 0.9 0 0.9 Latvia
1940s 0 0 0
1950s 0 0 0
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 2 0 2 Latvia
2000s 2 1.7 0.3 Latvia
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, Latvia or East Timor?
Latvia, at 2 against 2 in East Timor as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Latvia and East Timor?
0, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and East Timor?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Latvia and East Timor rank globally for electoral democracy?
Latvia ranks 1st and East Timor 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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.