Denmark vs Malta: Chief executive of the government is elected

Denmark

in 2025

Malta

in 2025

Denmark rank

1st

Malta rank

1st

Chief executive of the government is elected over time

Denmark
Malta

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 1 against 1 in Malta, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 186 shared years of data; in 1840 it was Malta ahead.

Denmark ranks 1st and Malta ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Chief executive of the government is elected in Denmark
Chief executive of the government is elected in Malta
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Chief executive of the government is elected
Source: Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The variable indicates whether some citizens directly or indirectly elect the chief executive. It considers political system which do not govern themselves — such as due to external interventions, occupations, or colonization — as not holding executive elections.