Chile vs Costa Rica: Competitive elections

Chile
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Chile rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • Chile
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Chile ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Competitive elections
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Whether the outcomes of elections are uncertain because their timing is not violated, voters are not systematically coerced, and election fraud is not consequential.