Bulgaria vs Romania: Multi-party elections
Bulgaria
1
in 2025
Romania
1
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Romania rank
1st
Multi-party elections over time
- Bulgaria
- Romania
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Romania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 138 shared years of data; in 1879 it was Romania ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Romania ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.75 | 0.5 | 0.25 | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 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, Bulgaria or Romania?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Romania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections between Bulgaria and Romania?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?
- 138 years are reported by both, from 1879 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Romania rank globally for multi-party elections?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Romania 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.