Costa Rica vs Panama: Multi-party elections for legislature
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Panama
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Panama rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Panama, a difference of 0.
Across all 116 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Panama ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Panama?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 116 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Panama 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.