United States vs Uruguay: Electoral democracy
United States
2
in 2025
Uruguay
2
in 2025
United States rank
1st
Uruguay rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- United States
- Uruguay
How they compare
United States currently reports 2 against 2 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was United States ahead.
United States ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | United States | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 | 0 | 1 | United States |
| 1830s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | United States |
| 1840s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | United States |
| 1850s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | United States |
| 1860s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | United States |
| 1870s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | United States |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | United States |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | United States |
| 1930s | 2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | United States |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | United States |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 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, United States or Uruguay?
- United States, at 2 against 2 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between United States and Uruguay?
- 0, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for United States and Uruguay?
- 201 years are reported by both, from 1825 to 2025.
- How do United States and Uruguay rank globally for electoral democracy?
- United States 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.