Bulgaria vs Costa Rica: Full democracy
Bulgaria
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
Across all 148 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher full democracy, Bulgaria or Costa Rica?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Bulgaria and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Costa Rica?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Costa Rica rank globally for full democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Full democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies if a country is a full democracy using the extended Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy (LIED+).