Lithuania vs United States: Electoral democracy
Lithuania
2
in 2025
United States
2
in 2025
Lithuania rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Lithuania
- United States
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 2 against 2 in United States, a difference of 0.
Across all 231 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Lithuania ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 176 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lithuania | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | United States |
| 1800s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1810s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1830s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1910s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | United States |
| 1920s | 1.3 | 2 | 0.7 | United States |
| 1930s | 0 | 2 | 2 | United States |
| 1940s | 0 | 2 | 2 | United States |
| 1950s | 0 | 2 | 2 | United States |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | United States |
| 1970s | 0 | 2 | 2 | United States |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | United States |
| 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, Lithuania or United States?
- Lithuania, at 2 against 2 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Lithuania and United States?
- 0, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lithuania and United States?
- 231 years are reported by both, from 1795 to 2025.
- How do Lithuania and United States rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Lithuania ranks 1st and United States 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.