Barbados vs Benin: Multi-party elections
Barbados
1
in 2025
Benin
1
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
Benin rank
1st
Multi-party elections over time
- Barbados
- Benin
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 1 against 1 in Benin, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 1st and Benin ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Benin | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 0.125 | 0.875 | Barbados |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Barbados |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Barbados |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Barbados |
| 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, Barbados or Benin?
- Barbados, at 1 against 1 in Benin as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections between Barbados and Benin?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Benin?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1952 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Benin rank globally for multi-party elections?
- Barbados ranks 1st and Benin 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate whether national multi-party elections were held.