Costa Rica vs Sweden: Multi-party elections for legislature
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Sweden
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Costa Rica
- Sweden
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
Across all 158 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Sweden |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Sweden |
| 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 Sweden?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 158 years are reported by both, from 1844 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Sweden rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Sweden 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.