Costa Rica vs United States: Multi-party elections, gaps filled
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
United States
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Multi-party elections, gaps filled over time
- Costa Rica
- United States
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in United States, a difference of 0.
Across all 159 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 172 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | United States |
| 1890s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | United States |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1910s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | United States |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 multi-party elections, gaps filled, Costa Rica or United States?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections, gaps filled between Costa Rica and United States?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United States?
- 159 years are reported by both, from 1844 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and United States rank globally for multi-party elections, gaps filled?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Multi-party elections, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Multi-party elections with 279 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.