Australia vs Portugal: Multi-party elections for legislature
Australia
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Australia
- Portugal
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 181 shared years of data; in 1843 it was Portugal ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.875 | 0.125 | Australia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Australia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Australia |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Australia |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Australia |
| 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 for legislature, Australia or Portugal?
- Australia, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Australia and Portugal?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Portugal?
- 181 years are reported by both, from 1843 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Portugal rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Australia 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 Multi-party elections for legislature. 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 multi-party elections for the national legislature were held or not.