United States vs Uruguay: Competitive elections

United States
1
in 2025
Uruguay
1
in 2025
United States rank
1st
Uruguay rank
1st

Competitive elections over time

  • United States
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

United States currently reports 1 against 1 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was United States ahead.

United States ranks 1st and Uruguay 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.