Greece vs Sweden: Equal Access to Power Index
Greece
0.921
in 2025
Sweden
0.924
in 2025
Greece rank
9th
Sweden rank
7th
Equal Access to Power Index over time
- Greece
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.924 against 0.921 in Greece, a difference of 0.003.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Sweden ahead.
Greece ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 7th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.264 | 0.312 | 0.048 | Sweden |
| 1790s | 0.264 | 0.312 | 0.048 | Sweden |
| 1800s | 0.264 | 0.312 | 0.048 | Sweden |
| 1810s | 0.264 | 0.327 | 0.063 | Sweden |
| 1820s | 0.3232 | 0.327 | 0.0038 | Sweden |
| 1830s | 0.338 | 0.327 | 0.011 | Greece |
| 1840s | 0.401 | 0.327 | 0.074 | Greece |
| 1850s | 0.443 | 0.327 | 0.116 | Greece |
| 1860s | 0.443 | 0.327 | 0.116 | Greece |
| 1870s | 0.443 | 0.4698 | 0.0268 | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.443 | 0.531 | 0.088 | Sweden |
| 1890s | 0.443 | 0.531 | 0.088 | Sweden |
| 1900s | 0.4431 | 0.5274 | 0.0843 | Sweden |
| 1910s | 0.5238 | 0.5656 | 0.0418 | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0.5553 | 0.7686 | 0.2133 | Sweden |
| 1930s | 0.5628 | 0.8079 | 0.2451 | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0.5565 | 0.8258 | 0.2693 | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0.7253 | 0.889 | 0.1637 | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.7398 | 0.919 | 0.1792 | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.8031 | 0.9518 | 0.1487 | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.8787 | 0.9676 | 0.0889 | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.9018 | 0.9746 | 0.0728 | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.9094 | 0.961 | 0.0516 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.8976 | 0.9369 | 0.0393 | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.9232 | 0.924 | 0.0008 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher equal access to power index, Greece or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.924 against 0.921 in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in equal access to power index between Greece and Sweden?
- 0.003, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sweden?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Greece and Sweden rank globally for equal access to power index?
- Greece ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 7th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Access to Power Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which access to power is equal across socioeconomic position, social group, and gender.