Ecuador vs Nicaragua: Multi-party elections for legislature
Ecuador
1
in 2025
Nicaragua
1
in 2025
Ecuador rank
1st
Nicaragua rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Ecuador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 1 against 1 in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 127 shared years of data; in 1857 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 1st and Nicaragua ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.75 | 0.25 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.125 | 0.875 | Ecuador |
| 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, Ecuador or Nicaragua?
- Ecuador, at 1 against 1 in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Ecuador and Nicaragua?
- 0, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nicaragua?
- 127 years are reported by both, from 1857 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Nicaragua rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Ecuador ranks 1st and Nicaragua 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.