Iceland vs Portugal: Multi-party elections for legislature
Iceland
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Iceland rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Iceland
- Portugal
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 124 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Portugal ahead.
Iceland ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 0.875 | 0.125 | Iceland |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Iceland |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Iceland |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Iceland |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Iceland |
| 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, Iceland or Portugal?
- Iceland, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Iceland and Portugal?
- 0, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Portugal?
- 124 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Iceland and Portugal rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Iceland 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.