Peru vs Portugal: Electoral democracy
Peru
2
in 2025
Portugal
2
in 2025
Peru rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Peru
- Portugal
How they compare
Peru currently reports 2 against 2 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 199 shared years of data; in 1821 it was Portugal ahead.
Peru ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 10 and Portugal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0.7778 | 0 | 0.7778 | Peru |
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Peru |
| 1840s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Peru |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0.6667 | 0 | 0.6667 | Peru |
| 1890s | 0.125 | 0 | 0.125 | Peru |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Peru |
| 1910s | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Peru |
| 1930s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Peru |
| 1940s | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Peru |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | Peru |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Portugal |
| 1980s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | Portugal |
| 2000s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Portugal |
| 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, Peru or Portugal?
- Peru, at 2 against 2 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Peru and Portugal?
- 0, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Portugal?
- 199 years are reported by both, from 1821 to 2025.
- How do Peru and Portugal rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Peru ranks 1st and Portugal 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.