Ireland vs Portugal: Multi-party elections for legislature
Ireland
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Ireland rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Ireland
- Portugal
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 202 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Ireland |
| 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 | 0.8571 | 0.1429 | Ireland |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ireland |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Ireland |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Ireland |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Ireland |
| 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, Ireland or Portugal?
- Ireland, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Ireland and Portugal?
- 0, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Portugal?
- 202 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Portugal rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Ireland 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.