Costa Rica vs Finland: Competitive elections

Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Finland
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Finland rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Finland
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Finland ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 1st and Finland 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
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