Costa Rica vs Norway: Multi-party elections for legislature
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Norway
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Costa Rica
- Norway
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Norway, a difference of 0.
Across all 155 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Norway |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Norway |
| 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 Norway?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Costa Rica and Norway?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Norway?
- 155 years are reported by both, from 1844 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Norway rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Costa Rica 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.