El Salvador vs Sweden: Free and fair elections
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Sweden
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- El Salvador
- Sweden
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
Across all 119 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Sweden |
| 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 Sweden?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between El Salvador and Sweden?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sweden?
- 119 years are reported by both, from 1903 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Sweden rank globally for free and fair elections?
- El Salvador ranks 1st and Sweden 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.