Portugal vs Vanuatu: Electoral democracy

Portugal
2
in 2025
Vanuatu
2
in 2025
Portugal rank
1st
Vanuatu rank
1st

Electoral democracy over time

  • Portugal
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 2 against 2 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Portugal ranks 1st and Vanuatu ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1900s 0 0 0
1910s 0.8 0 0.8 Portugal
1920s 0.6 0 0.6 Portugal
1930s 0 0 0
1940s 0.5 0 0.5 Portugal
1950s 0.9 0 0.9 Portugal
1960s 0.1 0 0.1 Portugal
1970s 0.8 0.3 0.5 Portugal
1980s 2 2 0
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, Portugal or Vanuatu?
Portugal, at 2 against 2 in Vanuatu as of 2025.
What is the difference in electoral democracy between Portugal and Vanuatu?
0, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Vanuatu?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Portugal and Vanuatu rank globally for electoral democracy?
Portugal ranks 1st and Vanuatu 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

Indicator
Electoral democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.