Brazil vs Nicaragua: Multi-party elections for legislature
Brazil
1
in 2025
Nicaragua
1
in 2025
Brazil rank
1st
Nicaragua rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Brazil
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1 against 1 in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 149 shared years of data; in 1857 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 1st and Nicaragua ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1890s | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | Brazil |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Brazil |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | Brazil |
| 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 Nicaragua?
- Brazil, at 1 against 1 in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Brazil and Nicaragua?
- 0, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nicaragua?
- 149 years are reported by both, from 1857 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Nicaragua rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Brazil ranks 1st and Nicaragua 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.