El Salvador vs Honduras: Free and fair elections
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Honduras
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
1st
Honduras rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- El Salvador
- Honduras
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Honduras, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 96 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Honduras ahead.
El Salvador ranks 1st and Honduras ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Honduras in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | Honduras |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Honduras |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Honduras |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.4286 | 0.4286 | Honduras |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Honduras |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Honduras |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Honduras |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1 | 0.8333 | 0.1667 | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections, El Salvador or Honduras?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Honduras as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between El Salvador and Honduras?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Honduras?
- 96 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Honduras rank globally for free and fair elections?
- El Salvador ranks 1st and Honduras 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.