Canada vs Chile: Chief executive of the government is elected

Canada

in 2025

Chile

in 2025

Canada rank

1st

Chile rank

1st

Chief executive of the government is elected over time

Canada
Chile

How they compare

Canada currently reports 1 against 1 in Chile, a difference of 0.

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

Canada ranks 1st and Chile ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Chief executive of the government is elected in Canada
Chief executive of the government is elected in Chile
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Chief executive of the government is elected
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: 07 August 2026

The variable indicates whether some citizens directly or indirectly elect the chief executive. It considers political system which do not govern themselves — such as due to external interventions, occupations, or colonization — as not holding executive elections.