Costa Rica vs Ecuador: Competitive elections

Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Ecuador
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Ecuador rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Ecuador
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 12 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Ecuador ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 1st and Ecuador 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.