France vs United States: Multi-party elections for legislature
France
1
in 2025
United States
1
in 2025
France rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- France
- United States
How they compare
France currently reports 1 against 1 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 232 shared years of data; in 1790 it was France ahead.
France ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 172 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | France |
| 1800s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 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, France or United States?
- France, at 1 against 1 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between France and United States?
- 0, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and United States?
- 232 years are reported by both, from 1790 to 2025.
- How do France and United States rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- France ranks 1st and United States 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.