El Salvador vs Panama: Free and fair elections
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Panama
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
1st
Panama rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- El Salvador
- Panama
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Panama, a difference of 0.
Across all 113 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 1st and Panama ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0.3333 | 0.3333 | Panama |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Panama |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Panama |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.7143 | 0.7143 | Panama |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.4444 | 0.4444 | Panama |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | — |
| 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, El Salvador or Panama?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between El Salvador and Panama?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
- 113 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for free and fair elections?
- El Salvador ranks 1st and Panama 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.