Ecuador vs Paraguay: Free and fair elections
Ecuador
1
in 2025
Paraguay
1
in 2025
Ecuador rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Ecuador
- Paraguay
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 1 against 1 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Paraguay ahead.
Ecuador ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.2857 | 0 | 0.2857 | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 0.1429 | 0 | 0.1429 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0.125 | 0 | 0.125 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0.3333 | 0 | 0.3333 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Ecuador |
| 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, Ecuador or Paraguay?
- Ecuador, at 1 against 1 in Paraguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Ecuador and Paraguay?
- 0, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Paraguay?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Paraguay rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Ecuador ranks 1st and Paraguay 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.