East Timor vs Vanuatu: Meaningful democratic electoral institutions

East Timor
1
in 2025
Vanuatu
1
in 2025
East Timor rank
1st
Vanuatu rank
1st

Meaningful democratic electoral institutions over time

  • East Timor
  • Vanuatu
00.20.40.60.81190019622025

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 1 against 1 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.

Across all 126 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.

East Timor ranks 1st and Vanuatu ranks 1st of 176 countries.

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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.