Netherlands vs Portugal: Multi-party elections for legislature
Netherlands
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Netherlands rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Netherlands
- Portugal
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 1 against 1 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 171 shared years of data; in 1848 it was Portugal ahead.
Netherlands ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Portugal | 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 | 0.875 | 0.125 | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | Netherlands |
| 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, Netherlands or Portugal?
- Netherlands, at 1 against 1 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Netherlands and Portugal?
- 0, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Portugal?
- 171 years are reported by both, from 1848 to 2025.
- How do Netherlands and Portugal rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Netherlands 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.