El Salvador vs Peru: Multi-party elections for legislature

El Salvador
1
in 2025
Peru
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
1st
Peru rank
1st

Multi-party elections for legislature over time

  • El Salvador
  • Peru
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Peru, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 159 shared years of data; in 1842 it was Peru ahead.

El Salvador ranks 1st and Peru ranks 1st of 172 countries.

Across the 19 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Peru in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Peru Difference Ahead
1840s 1 1 0 β€”
1850s 1 1 0 β€”
1860s 1 1 0 β€”
1870s 1 1 0 β€”
1880s 1 1 0 β€”
1890s 1 1 0 β€”
1900s 0.6 1 0.4 Peru
1910s 0.6 1 0.4 Peru
1920s 0.8 1 0.2 Peru
1930s 0.5 1 0.5 Peru
1940s 0.3333 1 0.6667 Peru
1950s 1 0.4 0.6 El Salvador
1960s 1 1 0 β€”
1970s 1 1 0 β€”
1980s 1 1 0 β€”
1990s 1 1 0 β€”
2000s 1 1 0 β€”
2010s 1 1 0 β€”
2020s 1 1 0 β€”

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher multi-party elections for legislature, El Salvador or Peru?
El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Peru as of 2025.
What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between El Salvador and Peru?
0, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Peru?
159 years are reported by both, from 1842 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Peru rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
El Salvador ranks 1st and Peru 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

Indicator
Multi-party elections for legislature
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 17,136 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of whether multi-party elections for the national legislature were held or not.