Namibia vs Uruguay: Electoral democracy
Namibia
2
in 2025
Uruguay
2
in 2025
Namibia rank
1st
Uruguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Namibia
- Uruguay
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 2 against 2 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 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 Uruguay?
- Namibia, at 2 against 2 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Namibia and Uruguay?
- 0, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Uruguay?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Namibia and Uruguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Namibia ranks 1st and Uruguay 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.