Bolivia vs Costa Rica: Multi-party elections for legislature
Bolivia
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Bolivia rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Bolivia
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 143 shared years of data; in 1844 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Bolivia ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Bolivia has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Bolivia |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bolivia |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Bolivia |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 for legislature, Bolivia or Costa Rica?
- Bolivia, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Bolivia and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Costa Rica?
- 143 years are reported by both, from 1844 to 2025.
- How do Bolivia and Costa Rica rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Bolivia ranks 1st and Costa Rica 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.