New Zealand vs Romania: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
New Zealand
2
in 2025
Romania
2
in 2025
New Zealand rank
1st
Romania rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- New Zealand
- Romania
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 2 against 2 in Romania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Romania ahead.
New Zealand ranks 1st and Romania ranks 1st of 176 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 2 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1890s | 2 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1900s | 2 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1910s | 2 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 2 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1940s | 2 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 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, New Zealand or Romania?
- New Zealand, at 2 against 2 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between New Zealand and Romania?
- 0, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Romania?
- 165 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Romania rank globally for electoral democracy?
- New Zealand ranks 1st and Romania 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.