Ireland vs Switzerland: Multi-party elections for legislature
Ireland
1
in 2025
Switzerland
1
in 2025
Ireland rank
1st
Switzerland rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Ireland
- Switzerland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 1 against 1 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.
Across all 176 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Ireland ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Ireland or Switzerland?
- Ireland, at 1 against 1 in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Ireland and Switzerland?
- 0, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Switzerland?
- 176 years are reported by both, from 1848 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Switzerland rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Ireland ranks 1st and Switzerland 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.