Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Free and fair elections, gaps filled
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
New Zealand
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
New Zealand rank
1st
Free and fair elections, gaps filled over time
- Costa Rica
- New Zealand
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
Across all 155 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 172 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | New Zealand |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections, gaps filled, Costa Rica or New Zealand?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections, gaps filled between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 155 years are reported by both, from 1871 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for free and fair elections, gaps filled?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Free and fair elections, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Free and fair elections with 276 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.