Cape Verde vs Papua New Guinea: Competitive elections
Cape Verde
1
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
1
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Papua New Guinea rank
1st
Competitive elections over time
- Cape Verde
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 1 against 1 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.
Across all 142 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Cape Verde ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Papua New Guinea |
| 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 competitive elections, Cape Verde or Papua New Guinea?
- Cape Verde, at 1 against 1 in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in competitive elections between Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea?
- 0, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1884 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Papua New Guinea rank globally for competitive elections?
- Cape Verde ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Competitive elections. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Whether the outcomes of elections are uncertain because their timing is not violated, voters are not systematically coerced, and election fraud is not consequential.