Brazil vs El Salvador: Free and fair elections
Brazil
1
in 2025
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Brazil rank
1st
El Salvador rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Brazil
- El Salvador
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1 against 1 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 105 shared years of data; in 1903 it was El Salvador ahead.
Brazil ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Brazil |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1960s | 0.5556 | 0 | 0.5556 | Brazil |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Brazil |
| 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, Brazil or El Salvador?
- Brazil, at 1 against 1 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Brazil and El Salvador?
- 0, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and El Salvador?
- 105 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and El Salvador rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Brazil ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and fair elections. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of whether national elections were free and fair or not.