Canada vs Norway: Multi-party elections for legislature
Canada
1
in 2025
Norway
1
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Canada
- Norway
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1 against 1 in Norway, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 182 shared years of data; in 1841 it was Norway ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Canada |
| 1880s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Canada |
| 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 Norway?
- Canada, at 1 against 1 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Canada and Norway?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Norway?
- 182 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Norway rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Canada ranks 1st and Norway 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.