El Salvador vs United States: Free and fair elections, gaps filled

El Salvador
1
in 2025
United States
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
1st
United States rank
1st

Free and fair elections, gaps filled over time

  • El Salvador
  • United States
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in United States, a difference of 0.

Across all 123 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 172 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador United States Difference Ahead
1900s 0 1 1 United States
1910s 0 1 1 United States
1920s 0 1 1 United States
1930s 0 1 1 United States
1940s 0 1 1 United States
1950s 0 1 1 United States
1960s 0 1 1 United States
1970s 0 1 1 United States
1980s 0 1 1 United States
1990s 0.9 1 0.1 United States
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, El Salvador or United States?
El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in United States as of 2025.
What is the difference in free and fair elections, gaps filled between El Salvador and United States?
0, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and United States?
123 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and United States rank globally for free and fair elections, gaps filled?
El Salvador ranks 1st and United States 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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Free and fair elections, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
172 places, 17,276 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

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.