Costa Rica vs Spain: Multi-party elections for legislature
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Spain
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Spain rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Costa Rica
- Spain
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Spain, a difference of 0.
Across all 124 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Spain |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Spain |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 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 Spain?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Costa Rica and Spain?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?
- 124 years are reported by both, from 1844 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Spain rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Spain 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.