Nicaragua vs Panama: Multi-party elections for legislature
Nicaragua
1
in 2025
Panama
1
in 2025
Nicaragua rank
1st
Panama rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Nicaragua
- Panama
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 1 against 1 in Panama, a difference of 0.
Across all 110 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.
Nicaragua ranks 1st and Panama ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Panama |
| 1910s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Panama |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Panama |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Panama |
| 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, Nicaragua or Panama?
- Nicaragua, at 1 against 1 in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Nicaragua and Panama?
- 0, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Panama?
- 110 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Nicaragua and Panama rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Nicaragua ranks 1st and Panama 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.