Costa Rica vs Zambia: Multi-party elections
Costa Rica
1
in 2025
Zambia
1
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Zambia rank
1st
Multi-party elections over time
- Costa Rica
- Zambia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1 against 1 in Zambia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 100 shared years of data; in 1926 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Costa Rica |
| 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, Costa Rica or Zambia?
- Costa Rica, at 1 against 1 in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections between Costa Rica and Zambia?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zambia?
- 100 years are reported by both, from 1926 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Zambia rank globally for multi-party elections?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Zambia 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.