Colombia vs El Salvador: Multi-party elections for legislature
Colombia
1
in 2025
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Colombia rank
1st
El Salvador rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Colombia
- El Salvador
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 1 against 1 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 180 shared years of data; in 1842 it was El Salvador ahead.
Colombia ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Colombia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 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, Colombia or El Salvador?
- Colombia, at 1 against 1 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Colombia and El Salvador?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and El Salvador?
- 180 years are reported by both, from 1842 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and El Salvador rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Colombia 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.