France vs Portugal: Multi-party elections for legislature
France
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
France rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- France
- Portugal
How they compare
France currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 200 shared years of data; in 1820 it was France ahead.
France ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | France |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.875 | 0.125 | France |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | France |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.8333 | 0.1667 | France |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | France |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | France |
| 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, France or Portugal?
- France, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between France and Portugal?
- 0, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Portugal?
- 200 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2025.
- How do France and Portugal rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- France ranks 1st and Portugal 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.