Bulgaria vs Portugal: Multi-party elections for legislature
Bulgaria
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Bulgaria
- Portugal
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 142 shared years of data; in 1879 it was Portugal ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bulgaria |
| 1940s | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 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, Bulgaria or Portugal?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Bulgaria and Portugal?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Portugal?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1879 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Portugal rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Bulgaria 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.