Greece vs Portugal: Free and fair elections
Greece
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Greece rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Greece
- Portugal
How they compare
Greece currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 164 shared years of data; in 1843 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Greece |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.5556 | 0.4444 | Greece |
| 1930s | 0.8571 | 0 | 0.8571 | Greece |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Greece |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.8333 | 0.1667 | Greece |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 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, Greece or Portugal?
- Greece, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Greece and Portugal?
- 0, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?
- 164 years are reported by both, from 1843 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Portugal rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Greece ranks 1st and Portugal 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.