Canada vs Denmark: Justified Political Positions Score

Canada
2.23
in 2025
Denmark
2.2
in 2025
Canada rank
13th
Denmark rank
14th

Justified Political Positions Score over time

  • Canada
  • Denmark
0.511.522.5190019622025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 2.23 against 2.2 in Denmark, a difference of 0.03.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 13th and Denmark ranks 14th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 6 and Denmark in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Denmark Difference Ahead
1900s 1.86 1.78 0.0886 Canada
1910s 1.49 1.85 0.3601 Denmark
1920s 2.49 1.85 0.6348 Canada
1930s 2.61 1.85 0.7502 Canada
1940s 1.99 1.21 0.7808 Canada
1950s 2.55 1.9 0.655 Canada
1960s 2.66 2.56 0.1011 Canada
1970s 2.14 2.56 0.414 Denmark
1980s 2.18 2.56 0.379 Denmark
1990s 2.18 2.56 0.379 Denmark
2000s 2.08 2.59 0.5143 Denmark
2010s 1.95 2.56 0.6077 Denmark
2020s 1.53 2.17 0.635 Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Canada or Denmark?
Canada, at 2.23 against 2.2 in Denmark as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Canada and Denmark?
0.03, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Denmark?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Canada and Denmark rank globally for justified political positions score?
Canada ranks 13th and Denmark ranks 14th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Justified Political Positions Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Justified Political Positions Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which political elites provide complex, nuanced, and complete justifications for their views when considering important policy changes.