Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score
Costa Rica
3
in 2018
El Salvador
3
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
1st
El Salvador rank
1st
Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 3 against 3 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1841 it was El Salvador ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 1.4 | 1 | 0.4 | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 2.7 | 1 | 1.7 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 3 | 0.9 | 2.1 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3 | 1 | 2 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher competitiveness of executive recruitment score, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 3 against 3 in El Salvador as of 2018.
- What is the difference in competitiveness of executive recruitment score between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 168 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2018.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for competitiveness of executive recruitment score?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which executive recruitment is competitive. It ranges from executive power being seized (score of 0), over the executive being selected by elites (score of 1), and dual selection-election or transitional arrangements (score of 2), to the executive being elected (score of 4).