New Zealand vs Spain: Competitive elections

New Zealand
1
in 2025
Spain
1
in 2025
New Zealand rank
1st
Spain rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • New Zealand
  • Spain
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 1 against 1 in Spain, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Spain ahead.

New Zealand ranks 1st and Spain 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.