Poland vs Romania: Meaningful democratic electoral institutions

Poland
1
in 2025
Romania
1
in 2025
Poland rank
1st
Romania rank
1st

Meaningful democratic electoral institutions over time

  • Poland
  • Romania
00.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Poland currently reports 1 against 1 in Romania, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 140 shared years of data; in 1831 it was Romania ahead.

Poland ranks 1st and Romania ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Meaningful democratic electoral institutions
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,649 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of whether the country is meaningfully an electoral democracy. This includes the extent to which political leaders are elected under comprehensive suffrage in free and fair elections, and freedoms of association and expression are guaranteed.