East Timor vs Uruguay: Electoral democracy
East Timor
2
in 2025
Uruguay
2
in 2025
East Timor rank
1st
Uruguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- East Timor
- Uruguay
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 2 against 2 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
East Timor ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.7 | 2 | 0.3 | Uruguay |
| 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, East Timor or Uruguay?
- East Timor, at 2 against 2 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between East Timor and Uruguay?
- 0, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Uruguay?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do East Timor and Uruguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- East Timor 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.