Denmark vs Portugal: Free and fair elections

Denmark
1
in 2025
Portugal
1
in 2025
Denmark rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st

Free and fair elections over time

  • Denmark
  • Portugal
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 173 shared years of data; in 1848 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Free and fair elections
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 17,000 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of whether national elections were free and fair or not.