Costa Rica vs Rwanda: Multi-party elections for legislature
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Rwanda
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Rwanda rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Costa Rica
- Rwanda
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Rwanda ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 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 Rwanda?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Rwanda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Costa Rica and Rwanda?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Rwanda?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Rwanda rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Rwanda 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.