Costa Rica vs Netherlands: Multi-party elections for legislature
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Netherlands
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Costa Rica
- Netherlands
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.
Across all 149 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Netherlands |
| 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, Costa Rica or Netherlands?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Netherlands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Costa Rica and Netherlands?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Netherlands?
- 149 years are reported by both, from 1871 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Netherlands rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Costa Rica 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.