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Denmark vs Germany: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Denmark
0.977
in 2025
Germany
0.981
in 2025
Denmark rank
4th
Germany rank
3rd

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.981 against 0.977 in Denmark, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 143 shared years of data; in 1835 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 4th and Germany ranks 3rd of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Legislative Checks on Government Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 23,601 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.