Sweden vs United States: Multi-party elections for legislature
Sweden
1
in 2025
United States
1
in 2025
Sweden rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Sweden
- United States
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 1 against 1 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 236 shared years of data; in 1790 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 24 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Sweden |
| 1800s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 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, Sweden or United States?
- Sweden, at 1 against 1 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Sweden and United States?
- 0, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and United States?
- 236 years are reported by both, from 1790 to 2025.
- How do Sweden and United States rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Sweden ranks 1st and United States 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.