Nepal vs Taiwan: Electoral democracy
Nepal
2
in 2025
Taiwan
2
in 2025
Nepal rank
1st
Taiwan rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Nepal
- Taiwan
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 2 against 2 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 232 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Taiwan ahead.
Nepal ranks 1st and Taiwan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 2 and Taiwan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Nepal |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | Nepal |
| 2000s | 0.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Nepal or Taiwan?
- Nepal, at 2 against 2 in Taiwan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Nepal and Taiwan?
- 0, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Taiwan?
- 232 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Nepal and Taiwan rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Nepal ranks 1st and Taiwan 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.