Solomon Islands vs East Timor: Electoral democracy
Solomon Islands
2
in 2025
East Timor
2
in 2025
Solomon Islands rank
1st
East Timor rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Solomon Islands
- East Timor
How they compare
Solomon Islands currently reports 2 against 2 in East Timor, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was East Timor ahead.
Solomon Islands ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Solomon Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Solomon Islands | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Solomon Islands |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Solomon Islands |
| 1990s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Solomon Islands |
| 2000s | 1.7 | 1.7 | 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, Solomon Islands or East Timor?
- Solomon Islands, at 2 against 2 in East Timor as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Solomon Islands and East Timor?
- 0, with Solomon Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Solomon Islands and East Timor?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Solomon Islands and East Timor rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Solomon Islands ranks 1st and East Timor 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.