Rwanda vs Singapore: Electoral democracy
Rwanda
1
in 2025
Singapore
1
in 2025
Rwanda rank
87th
Singapore rank
87th
Electoral democracy over time
- Rwanda
- Singapore
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 1 against 1 in Singapore, a difference of 0.
Across all 110 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Rwanda ranks 87th and Singapore ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Singapore |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Singapore |
| 1970s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | Singapore |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Singapore |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Singapore |
| 2000s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | Singapore |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Rwanda or Singapore?
- Rwanda, at 1 against 1 in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Rwanda and Singapore?
- 0, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Singapore?
- 110 years are reported by both, from 1916 to 2025.
- How do Rwanda and Singapore rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Rwanda ranks 87th and Singapore ranks 87th 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.