Portugal vs Spain: Multi-party elections for legislature
Portugal
1
in 2025
Spain
1
in 2025
Portugal rank
1st
Spain rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 1 against 1 in Spain, a difference of 0.
Across all 172 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Portugal ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Spain |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Spain |
| 1960s | 0.3333 | 1 | 0.6667 | Spain |
| 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, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 1 against 1 in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Portugal and Spain?
- 0, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 172 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2025.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Portugal ranks 1st and Spain 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.