Brazil vs Costa Rica: Multi-party elections for legislature
Brazil
1
in 2025
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Brazil rank
1st
Costa Rica rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1 against 1 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 145 shared years of data; in 1844 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Brazil ranks 1st and Costa Rica ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Costa Rica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Brazil |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Brazil |
| 1890s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Brazil, at 1 against 1 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 145 years are reported by both, from 1844 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Brazil 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.