Costa Rica vs Seychelles: Multi-party elections for legislature
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Seychelles
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Seychelles rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Costa Rica
- Seychelles
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Seychelles, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Seychelles ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Seychelles ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Costa Rica |
| 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 Seychelles?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Costa Rica and Seychelles?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Seychelles?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Seychelles rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Seychelles 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.