El Salvador vs Guatemala: Multi-party elections for legislature
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Guatemala
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
1st
Guatemala rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1852 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 1st and Guatemala ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 10 and Guatemala in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | Guatemala |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.5556 | 0.4444 | El Salvador |
| 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, El Salvador or Guatemala?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Guatemala as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between El Salvador and Guatemala?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
- 169 years are reported by both, from 1852 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- El Salvador ranks 1st and Guatemala 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.