Nigeria vs Paraguay: Electoral democracy
Nigeria
2
in 2025
Paraguay
2
in 2025
Nigeria rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Nigeria
- Paraguay
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 2 against 2 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.
Across all 111 years both countries report, Paraguay has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Paraguay has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Paraguay |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.7778 | 0.7778 | Paraguay |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Paraguay |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 1.33 | 2 | 0.6667 | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Nigeria or Paraguay?
- Nigeria, at 2 against 2 in Paraguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Nigeria and Paraguay?
- 0, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Paraguay?
- 111 years are reported by both, from 1914 to 2025.
- How do Nigeria and Paraguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Nigeria ranks 1st and Paraguay 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.