Chile vs El Salvador: Multi-party elections for legislature
Chile
1
in 2025
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Chile rank
1st
El Salvador rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Chile
- El Salvador
How they compare
Chile currently reports 1 against 1 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 164 shared years of data; in 1842 it was El Salvador ahead.
Chile ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 4 and El Salvador in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Chile |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Chile |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.4444 | 0.5556 | Chile |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Chile |
| 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, Chile or El Salvador?
- Chile, at 1 against 1 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Chile and El Salvador?
- 0, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and El Salvador?
- 164 years are reported by both, from 1842 to 2025.
- How do Chile and El Salvador rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Chile ranks 1st and El Salvador 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.