Norway vs Portugal: Free and fair elections
Norway
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Norway rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Free and fair elections over time
- Norway
- Portugal
How they compare
Norway currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 199 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Portugal ahead.
Norway ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Norway |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Norway |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.5556 | 0.4444 | Norway |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Norway |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Norway |
| 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, Norway or Portugal?
- Norway, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections between Norway and Portugal?
- 0, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Portugal?
- 199 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2025.
- How do Norway and Portugal rank globally for free and fair elections?
- Norway 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.