Namibia vs New Zealand: Electoral democracy
Namibia
2
in 2025
New Zealand
2
in 2025
Namibia rank
1st
New Zealand rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Namibia
- New Zealand
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 2 against 2 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 176 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1910s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1940s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 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, Namibia or New Zealand?
- Namibia, at 2 against 2 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Namibia and New Zealand?
- 0, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and New Zealand?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and New Zealand rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Namibia ranks 1st and New Zealand 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.