Canada vs Netherlands: Multi-party elections for legislature
Canada
1
in 2025
Netherlands
1
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Canada
- Netherlands
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1 against 1 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
Across all 173 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Netherlands | 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 | 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, Canada or Netherlands?
- Canada, at 1 against 1 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Canada and Netherlands?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Netherlands?
- 173 years are reported by both, from 1848 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Netherlands rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Canada ranks 1st and Netherlands 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.