Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe: Multi-party elections for legislature
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Zimbabwe
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Zimbabwe rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Costa Rica
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.
Across all 122 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Zimbabwe ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Zimbabwe | 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 Zimbabwe?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Costa Rica and Zimbabwe?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zimbabwe?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1902 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Zimbabwe rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Zimbabwe 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.