Romania vs Uruguay: Electoral democracy
Romania
2
in 2025
Uruguay
2
in 2025
Romania rank
1st
Uruguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Romania
- Uruguay
How they compare
Romania currently reports 2 against 2 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 195 shared years of data; in 1831 it was Uruguay ahead.
Romania ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0.7778 | 0.7778 | Uruguay |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Uruguay |
| 1850s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Uruguay |
| 1860s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Uruguay |
| 1870s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Uruguay |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Uruguay |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 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, Romania or Uruguay?
- Romania, at 2 against 2 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Romania and Uruguay?
- 0, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Uruguay?
- 195 years are reported by both, from 1831 to 2025.
- How do Romania and Uruguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Romania ranks 1st and Uruguay 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.