Costa Rica vs Peru: Free and fair elections
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Peru
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Peru rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Costa Rica
- Peru
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Peru, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 128 shared years of data; in 1844 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Peru ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 0.75 | 0.25 | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0.7778 | 0 | 0.7778 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.4444 | 0.5556 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.8889 | 0.1111 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Costa Rica or Peru?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Peru as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Costa Rica and Peru?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
- 128 years are reported by both, from 1844 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Peru 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.